[R] how to draw a legend outside of the plot

[Jim Lemon]

Hi Kathryn,
Try this at the end of your example:

plot(y3,type="n",axes=FALSE,xlab="",ylab="")
legend(35,1,c("y1","y2","y3"),pch=1:3)

Jim

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 6:42 PM, Kathryn Lord <kathryn.lord2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear R users,
>
> I have three plots, so I tried, for exmple,
>
> par(mfrow=c(2,2))
>
> y1 <- rnorm(100)
> y2 <- rnorm(100)
> y3<- rnorm(100)
>
> plot(y1);plot(y2);plot(y3)
>
> Here, I'd like to put a legend on the bottom right hand side (empty space).
>
> is it possible?
>
> Thanks for helping,
>
> Kathryn Lord
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