R help - Jul 2012 - Adjust the position of main in par(mfrow)

hey guys

I want two plots in one window with an overall title and with individual
titles for each plots.

my code:

par(mfrow=c(2,1))
bp_dirverq1=boxplot(dirverq1, col="orange",horizontal=TRUE,
main="Q1
2012",cex.main=0.7)
bp_dirverq2=boxplot(dirverq2, col="orange",horizontal=TRUE,
main="Q2
2012",cex.main=0.7)
title("Direktveranlagung in %",outer=TRUE)

Problem: The individual titles are too far away from the plots.
Consequently, only the half part of the overall title is within the graph.

1. I need to get the individual titles of closer to the individual graphs.
2. I need to get the overall title to be withing the graphic window.

Any suggestions?

cheers



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On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 4:28 AM, phillen <phlentner at gmail.com>
wrote:
> hey guys
>
> I want two plots in one window with an overall title and with individual
> titles for each plots.
>
> my code:
>
> par(mfrow=c(2,1))
> bp_dirverq1=boxplot(dirverq1, col="orange",horizontal=TRUE,
main="Q1
> 2012",cex.main=0.7)
> bp_dirverq2=boxplot(dirverq2, col="orange",horizontal=TRUE,
main="Q2
> 2012",cex.main=0.7)
> title("Direktveranlagung in %",outer=TRUE)
>
> Problem: The individual titles are too far away from the plots.
> Consequently, only the half part of the overall title is within the graph.
>
> 1. I need to get the individual titles of closer to the individual graphs.
> 2. I need to get the overall title to be withing the graphic window.
>
It feels hackish but title(....., line = -2) or so usually works for me here.
> Any suggestions?
>
> cheers
>
>
>
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Try changing your plot and outer margins.

par(mfrow=c(2,1), mar=c(4, 4, 2, 1), oma=c(0, 0, 2, 0)) 

Jean


phillen <phlentner@gmail.com> wrote on 07/26/2012 04:28:58
AM:
> 
> hey guys
> 
> I want two plots in one window with an overall title and with individual
> titles for each plots.
> 
> my code:
> 
> par(mfrow=c(2,1))
> bp_dirverq1=boxplot(dirverq1, col="orange",horizontal=TRUE,
main="Q1
> 2012",cex.main=0.7)
> bp_dirverq2=boxplot(dirverq2, col="orange",horizontal=TRUE,
main="Q2
> 2012",cex.main=0.7)
> title("Direktveranlagung in %",outer=TRUE)
> 
> Problem: The individual titles are too far away from the plots.
> Consequently, only the half part of the overall title is within the 
graph.
> 
> 1. I need to get the individual titles of closer to the individual 
graphs.
> 2. I need to get the overall title to be withing the graphic window.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> cheers
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thanks! the line command worked well.



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