Good question pdb, I would suggest you to use: par(bg = "white")
In the beginning of the code, But it doesn't solve the general problem of how to get the "lines" to be properly aligned. I am curious for the answer from betteR people. Best, Tal ----------------Contact Details:------------------------------------------------------- Contact me: tal.gal...@gmail.com | 972-52-7275845 Read me: www.talgalili.com (Hebrew) | www.biostatistics.co.il (Hebrew) | www.r-statistics.com (English) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 1:26 PM, pdb <ph...@philbrierley.com> wrote: > > I am doing calculations in a loop and then plotting the results by adding a > point to each of 2 charts at the end of the loop. Its very informative as > you can see the progression through time. > > My problem is, if I have 2 plots, I don't know how to get the focus back to > the first plot. > > layout(matrix(c(1,2))) > > plot(iris[,1],col="red",) #plot1 > plot(iris[,3],col="blue") #plot2 > > #goes on plot2 > lines(iris[,2],col="pink") > > #how do I put this line on plot 1 > lines(iris[,4],col="black") > > > I tried the method below but when you switch the focus back to screen 1 the > line gets drawn not where I expect > > split.screen(c(2,1)) > screen(1) # prepare screen 1 for output > plot(iris[,1],col="red",) #plot1 > screen(2) # prepare screen 2 for output > plot(iris[,3],col="blue") #plot2 > > screen(1) > lines(iris[,2],col="pink",lwd=8) > > screen(2) > lines(iris[,4],col="green",lwd=8) > > Any pointers please as to what I need to do? > > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/plot-focus-tp2272699p2272699.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.