[R] How to navigate in layout() created graph?

Rainer M Krug r.m.krug at gmail.com
Fri Mar 7 14:02:01 CET 2008


On 07/03/2008, Charilaos Skiadas <cskiadas at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 7, 2008, at 7:18 AM, Rainer M Krug wrote:
>
>  > Hi
>  >
>  > I created a complex layout with using layout() and it looks exactly as
>  > I need it. But I don't want to print in the order in which the
>  > subfigure are numbered, but in a different order.
>  >
>  > How can I navigate in the layout so that I can specify the subfigure
>  > in which to plot?
>  >
>  > At the moment I am using a function which is converting the number to
>  > mfg parameter for par, but it does not seem to work as expected.
>  >
>  > Thanks,
>  >
>  > Rainer
>  >
>
>
> Look at documentation of ?layout. The "mat" argument determines the
>  order in which the figures appear. The example code that talks about
>  scatterplot with marginal histograms should show you how that works.
>
>  In other words, to the best of my knowledge, you specify in the call
>  to layout in which order the new figures you create will be filling
>  the layout.

Yes - I know that I can define the order when I call layout(mat=...,
...), but is there any way that I can skip one when plotting and
return to plot that one later? (e.g. plot subfigure 1, then 3 and
finally 2)

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>
>  >
>  > --
>  > Rainer M. Krug, Dipl. Phys. (Germany), MSc Conservation Biology (UCT)
>  >
>  > Plant Conservation Unit Department of Botany
>  > University of Cape Town
>  > Rondebosch 7701
>  > South Africa
>
>
> Haris Skiadas
>  Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
>  Hanover College
>
>
>
>
>


-- 
Rainer M. Krug, Dipl. Phys. (Germany), MSc Conservation Biology (UCT)

Plant Conservation Unit Department of Botany
University of Cape Town
Rondebosch 7701
South Africa



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