[R] skip plot/blank plot on purpose (multi-plot question)

[Mark Knecht]

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Bert Gunter<gunter.berton at gene.com> wrote:
> Well, all of this can be done quite nicely with lattice graphics: ?xyplot
> (See, e.g. the "skip" argument)
>
>
> 1) Is there some generic way to call plot and have it plot, but it
> plots nothing so I don't see anything at all in position 12? This
> could be a blank plot function I call when I notice the data set is
> empty.
>
> -- But if you do not wish to learn lattice, please at least read the docs on
> standard graphics: ?plot (the type argument) ?plot.default (the axes
> argument)


Thank you. It was the ?plot.default/axis argument that I was looking
for. I knew type="n".

Cheers,
Mark

>
> -- Bert Gunter
> Genentech, Inc.
>
> 2) Is there some generic way to specify the position number I want the
> next plot to use so that I'd not plot 12 but would specify 13?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
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