In your function, split up your code in two lines as: pathname <- paste("test ", deparse(substitute(series)), i, ".jpg"); jpeg(filename=pathname, width=1200, height=800, pointsize=12, quality=400, bg="white");
The focus on what 'pathname' is/becomes when you put it inside your function. That will help you troubleshoot. It has most likely nothing to do with the jpeg() function. My $.02 /Henrik PS. 'series' is not set inside the function if there are not two columns. DS. On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 6:09 AM, marciarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear all, > I am trying to plot and save the plots. I have written a small function for > that in which I use the jpeg and dev.off() commands. Strangely, when these > commands are inside the function, they are not working anymore. > For instance: > > dataframe<- data.frame (x=c(1:20),y=seq(0,9.5, length=20)) > > for (i in seq(0,15, length=4)){ > setwd ("C:/R") > jpeg(filename = paste("test ",deparse(substitute(series)), > i, ".jpg"), width = 1200, > height = 800,pointsize = 12, quality = 400, bg = "white") > plot(dataframe[1+i:((nrow(z)/4)+i),], type="l") > dev.off()} > > This works perfectly. But if I try to make a function out of it, such as: > > X<-function (x, y = NULL, plot = TRUE, na.action = na.fail) > { > if (NCOL(x) == 2) { > series <- deparse(substitute(x)) > } > for (i in seq(0,15, length=4)){ > setwd ("F:/R/P to B manuscript/area under the curve") > jpeg(filename = paste("test ",deparse(substitute(series)), > i, ".jpg"), width = 1200, > height = 800,pointsize = 12, quality = 400, bg = "white") > plot(z[1+i:((nrow(z)/4)+i),], type="l") > dev.off()} > return(dataframe)} > > and try to run: > X(dataframe) > I get this error message: > > Error in jpeg(filename = paste("test ", deparse(substitute(series)), i, : > unable to start device devWindows > In addition: Warning message: > In jpeg(filename = paste("test ", deparse(substitute(series)), i, : > Unable to open file 'test "dataframe" 0 .jpg' for writing > > Could anyone help me??? > Thank you and have a nice day, > Marcia > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/jpeg%2C-dev.off%28%29-inside-function-tp19048365p19048365.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. > ______________________________________________ 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.