R help - Feb 2015 - Save a plot with a name given as an argument in a function

test<-function(data, TitleGraph){


pdf("TitleGraph.pdf",width=7,height=5)
plot(data)
dev.off()
}

test(cars <- c(1, 3, 6, 4, 9),TitleGraph="etc")

My problem is that I  want graph pdf being saved as etc and not as
Titlegraph.pdf




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Thanks alot




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Hi Evgenia,

Try

test2 <- function(data, TitleGraph){
pdf(paste0(TitleGraph, ".pdf"), width = 7, height = 5)
plot(data)
dev.off()
}

instead.  Take a look at ?paste0 for more information.

HTH,
Jorge.-


On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 12:14 AM, Evgenia <evgts at aueb.gr> wrote:
> test<-function(data, TitleGraph){
>
>
> pdf("TitleGraph.pdf",width=7,height=5)
> plot(data)
> dev.off()
> }
>
> test(cars <- c(1, 3, 6, 4, 9),TitleGraph="etc")
>
> My problem is that I  want graph pdf being saved as etc and not as
> Titlegraph.pdf
>
>
>
>
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