> -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On > Behalf Of AnnieE > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 12:57 PM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] Party plots > > > > > Achim Zeileis wrote: > > > > > >>>You can easily plot into a large PDF, e.g., something like this > > > >>> pdf(file = "foo.pdf", height = 15, width = 20) > >>> plot(foo) > >>> dev.off() > > > >>>and then view the PDF in an external viewer, zooming into parts of a tree > >>>etc. Depending on the size of the tree in "foo", you might have to adjust > >>>height/width accordingly. > > > > > > Thanks very much. That sounds like just what I'm looking for and have been > unable to ferret out in my search through manuals and forums. I'm still a > bit stuck though, because of my unfamiliarity with pulling stuff in and out > of R. > > How do you get the initial .pdf file that you're manipulating here? I tried > saving the R graphic to a PDF on my desktop and then running > > pdf (file = C:/Documents and Settings/aelmore/Desktop/foo.pdf, height = > 15, width = 20) > plot (foo) > dev.off()
You need to put the filename in quotes file = "C:/Documents and Settings/aelmore/Desktop/foo.pdf" Hope this is helpful, Dan > > but that netted me the error: unexpected '/' in "pdf(file = C:/ > and of course trying it without the string returned the error: object "foo" > not found. > > What am I missing? Is the graphic that R displays when I call for a plot > somehow available for use here? If so, I don't know what it's called/how to > access it. The name of the regression tree that it represents doesn't work. > That attempt gave me the error: cannot coerce type 'S4' to vector of type > 'character.' > > So, as you see, closer but still stuck. > > Thanks again in advance for any assistance. > > Daniel J. Nordlund Washington State Department of Social and Health Services Planning, Performance, and Accountability Research and Data Analysis Division Olympia, WA 98504-5204 ______________________________________________ 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.