myPDF: Custom PDF function

In OpenIntroStat/openintro: Datasets and Supplemental Functions from 'OpenIntro' Textbooks and Labs

Custom PDF function

Description

A similar function to pdf and png, except that different defaults are provided, including for the plotting parameters.

Usage

myPDF(
  fileName,
  width = 5,
  height = 3,
  mar = c(3.9, 3.9, 1, 1),
  mgp = c(2.8, 0.55, 0),
  las = 1,
  tcl = -0.3,
  ...
)

Arguments

fileName	File name for the image to be output. The name should end in .pdf.
width	The width of the image file (inches). Default: 5.
height	The height of the image file (inches). Default: 3.
mar	Plotting margins. To change, input a numerical vector of length 4.
mgp	Margin graphing parameters. To change, input a numerical vector of length 3. The first argument specifies where x and y labels are placed; the second specifies the axis labels are placed; and the third specifies how far to pull the entire axis from the plot.
las	Orientation of axis labels. Input 0 for the default.
tcl	The tick mark length as a proportion of text height. The default is -0.5.
...	Additional arguments to par.

Author(s)

David Diez

See Also

edaPlot

Examples

# save a plot to a PDF
# myPDF("myPlot.pdf")
histPlot(mariokart$total_pr)
# dev.off()

# save a plot to a PNG
# myPNG("myPlot.png")
histPlot(mariokart$total_pr)
# dev.off()

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