On May 3, 2013, at 3:21 PM, Sarah Goslee wrote: > Hi Aldi, > > You might want > ?layout > instead. >
Indeed. In particular a matrix argument might be: matrix(c(1,2,3, 4,4,4) > Sarah > > On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Aldi Kraja <a...@wustl.edu> wrote: >> Hmm, >> I had a typo paste by mistake in my x vector >> It has to be: >> >> x<-rnorm(1000,mean=0,sd=1) >> wheat1<-rnorm(100,mean=0,sd=1) >> wheat2<-rnorm(150,mean=0,sd=2) >> tomatos3<-rnorm(200,mean=0,sd=3) >> tomatos4<-rnorm(250,mean=0,sd=4) >> cucumbers5<-rnorm(300,mean=0,sd=5) >> cucumbers6<-rnorm(400,mean=0,sd=6) >> par(mfrow=c(1,2)) >> >> hist(x, main="Left screen OK") >> >> boxplot(wheat1,wheat2,tomatos3,tomatos4,cucumbers5,cucumbers6) I think you will need a separate call to boxplot for each grouping. The `boxplot` function will nto be able to access the device specifications. -- David. >> title ("Right screen: boxplot with plants") >> >> Thanks, >> >> Aldi >> >> On 5/3/2013 4:46 PM, Aldi Kraja wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> Based on par function, I can split the screen into two parts left and >>> right. >>> I wish x occupies the half left screen, and all plants occupy half right >>> screen, which happens right now. >>> >>> But I wish the right screen, to be split in 3 or more vertical parts where >>> each pair of the same type of plant, are together in its own block of >>> boxplot, because each plant has its own unit of measure. >>> Let's say wheat is measured in ton, tomato in pound and cucumbers as >>> counts. :-) >>> >>> x<-rnorm(1000,mean=0,sd=1,main="Right screen") >>> >>> wheat1<-rnorm(100,mean=0,sd=1) >>> wheat2<-rnorm(150,mean=0,sd=2) >>> tomatos3<-rnorm(200,mean=0,sd=3) >>> tomatos4<-rnorm(250,mean=0,sd=4) >>> cucumbers5<-rnorm(300,mean=0,sd=5) >>> cucumbers6<-rnorm(400,mean=0,sd=6) >>> par(mfrow=c(1,2)) >>> >>> hist(x, main="Left screen OK") >>> >>> boxplot(wheat1,wheat2,tomatos3,tomatos4,cucumbers5,cucumbers6) >>> title ("Right screen: boxplot with plants") >>> >>> Thank you in advance for any suggestions, >>> >>> Aldi >>> > > David Winsemius Alameda, CA, USA ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org 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.