[R] Help with graphic margin

[Greg Snow]

Set the inner margins to be small (the distance you want between the 2 plots), then set the outer margin big enough to hold the x axis on the bottom plot.  Details on setting the margins is in ?par in case you don't know or remember them.

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Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
greg.snow at imail.org
801.408.8111


> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-
> project.org] On Behalf Of Filoche
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:46 AM
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> Subject: [R] Help with graphic margin
> 
> 
> Hi everyone.
> 
> I would like to make a graphic with 2 subplots (lets say A and B). For
> instance, I use :
> 
> par(mfcol = c(2,1));
> 
> The 2 subplots use the same X axis. So I provide no tics labels and no
> xlab
> for the top plot.  I would like the second plot to be right bellow the
> first
> one (small margin).
> 
> So my question is how I can keep a small gap between the 2 plots while
> having enough space under the second plot to insert xtics-labels +
> xlab.
> 
> Hope I have been clear enough!
> 
> With regards,
> Phil
> 
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