parset {MQMF}

parset alters the current base graphics par settings

Description

parset alters the current base graphics par settings to suit a single standard plot. It is merely here to simplify and speed the coding for exploratory base graphics. The font and its font size defaults to 0.75 and font 7 (Times bold). The default values can be seen by typing parset with no brackets in the console or use args(parset). If a different set of par values are wanted then the parset arguments can be modified, or the function parsyn() can be used to act as a prompt to the console for the correct syntax. The console output can be copied to your script and modified.

Usage

parset(
  plots = c(1, 1),
  cex = 0.75,
  font = 7,
  outmargin = c(0, 0, 0, 0),
  margin = c(0.45, 0.45, 0.05, 0.05)
)

Arguments

plots

vector of number of rows and columns, defaults to c(1,1)

cex

the size of the font used, defaults to 0.75

font

the font used, defaults to 7 which is Times Bold, 6 is Times, 1 is Sans and 2 is Sans Bold.

outmargin

defines whether to leave extra space on the bottom, left, top, or right hand sides of the plot. Used when plots != c(1,1). Allows room for mtext statements.

margin

defines the space allowed for labels on axes. Again, likely needs to change is having more than one plot

Value

nothing but it changes the base graphics par settings. The original par values are returned invisibly if user wishes to reset after plotting their graphic.

Examples

 x <- rnorm(100,mean=5,sd=0.5)
 y <- rnorm(100,mean=5,sd=0.5)
 oldpar <- parset(plots=c(1,2))
 plot1(x,y,defpar=FALSE)
 plot1(y,x,defpar=FALSE)
 par(oldpar)