[R] fine control of plots after use of layout(matrix ...

[Matthew Johnson]

Thank you.

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On 04/06/2012, at 7:12 AM, Sarah Goslee <sarah.goslee at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Matthew Johnson <mcooganj at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks. The solution i have been persuing is reading Murrell - and
>> trying to figure out grid / Viewport commands. Is it best to stay in
>> the base graphics package if possible?
>
> It really depends on what you need to do. Your original example used
> plot, so I went with par.
>
> Murrell's explanation of par() options is also very good.
>
> Sarah
>
>> On 04/06/2012, at 6:20 AM, Sarah Goslee <sarah.goslee at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Matthew Johnson <mcooganj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Thanks. So i can call par after the layout command? I did not realise.
>>>
>>> Some par options are set by calling par() directly, while others must
>>> be included in the plot command itself.
>>>
>>> Sarah
>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>
>>>> On 03/06/2012, at 9:42 PM, Sarah Goslee <sarah.goslee at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sunday, June 3, 2012, Matthew Johnson wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Sir,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm no sir, but you need to spend some quality time reading ?par to lean
>>>> abot axes and margins.
>>>>
>>>> Sarah
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like to create a combined line-bar plot, with the line up top and
>>>>> bar plot below, but with the x-axes suppressed on the topmost plot, the
>>>>> line and bar plot areas joined by a common line, and the x-axes (of dates)
>>>>> joined to the bottom part of the bar plot.
>>>>>
>>>>> i have been able to format the area using the layout(matrix( ... commands,
>>>>> but cannot figure out the final step.
>>>>>
>>>>> here's the code so far:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> layout(matrix(c(1,2), 2, 1, byrow=TRUE), widths=c(3,3), heights=c(2,1))
>>>>> plot(saDwlPx[,1])
>>>>> barplot(saDwlMoM[,1])
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks + best regards
>>>>>
>>>>> matt johnson
>>>>>
>>>>
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