Thanks very much, exactly what I need. Oliver
On Feb 16, 10:36 pm, Marc Schwartz <[email protected]> wrote: > on 02/16/2009 07:51 PM Oliver wrote: > > > > > hi, > > > I am a R beginner. One thing I notice is that when do graphing is, > > > if I want to draw two figures in a row such as this: > > > par(mfrow(1, 2)) > > plot(...) > > plot(...) > > > Each figure inside will be rectangle instead of the familiar square > > shape. > > Though you can drag the edge the window to resize it. I would have > > prefer this can be done automatically ... also when I do the pdf > > export for example. Is this possible? > > > The thing is if you do par (mfrow(2,2)), then you got all 4 figures in > > perfect square shape ... but one row two figures are pretty common to > > me. > > > thanks for help > > > Oliver > > The overall shape of the plot region is controlled by par("pty"), which > is set to "m" by default, for 'maximal' plotting region. > > Set this to "s" to create a square plot region. For example: > > par(mfrow = c(1, 2), pty = "s") > plot(1) > plot(1) > > In order to do this with a PDF file, ensure that the overall plot > dimensions are in the proper relative aspect ratio. For example: > > pdf(file = "SquarePlots.pdf", height = 4, width = 8) > par(mfrow = c(1, 2), pty= "s") > plot(1) > plot(1) > dev.off() > > This will create 2 square plots, side-by-side, within an overall plot > size of 4x8. You can further adjust the plot margins and other > characteristics as may be required. > > See ?par and ?Devices for more information regarding these > customizations and options to set size arguments for specific devices. > > HTH, > > Marc Schwartz > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing listhttps://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guidehttp://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
