R help - Mar 2013 - Changing default order of plots in par

Hi,

I wanted to change the order of how the plots appear in a multiplot
scenario. For example, in the code below:

#####

pdf('test.pdf',width=8,height=8)
par(mfrow = c(2,2))

for(i in 1:2){
  v1 <- sample(1:1000,50)
  v2 <- sample(1:1000,50)
  mat <- cbind(v1,v2)

  plot(v1,v2)
  boxplot(mat)

}
dev.off()

#######

The plot ordering is that the first row gets filled in first, then the
second row etc. But how can I change it so that in the code above, I get
both the plots in the first row and the both the boxplots in the second row?

many thanks!

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Hello,

Instead of mfrow use mfcol and the order becomes col by col.

Hope this helps,

Rui Barradas

Em 09-03-2013 20:55, Brian Smith escreveu:
> Hi,
>
> I wanted to change the order of how the plots appear in a multiplot
> scenario. For example, in the code below:
>
> #####
>
> pdf('test.pdf',width=8,height=8)
> par(mfrow = c(2,2))
>
> for(i in 1:2){
>    v1 <- sample(1:1000,50)
>    v2 <- sample(1:1000,50)
>    mat <- cbind(v1,v2)
>
>    plot(v1,v2)
>    boxplot(mat)
>
> }
> dev.off()
>
> #######
>
> The plot ordering is that the first row gets filled in first, then the
> second row etc. But how can I change it so that in the code above, I get
> both the plots in the first row and the both the boxplots in the second
row?
>
> many thanks!
>
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>
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