On Thu, 20-Aug-2009 at 10:25PM +1000, Jim Lemon wrote: > e-letter wrote: >> Readers, >> >> How do I configure R so that all units of measurement are in >> millimetres? For example if I want to set the width of a graph, I want >> to write: >> width=100 >> and R interprets this value as millimetres. >> >> > Hi e-letter, > If you just want a quick hack: > > mm2in<-function(mm) return(mm/25.4) > > then > > width=mm2in(100)
As a dedicated lazy typist, I've discovered that this is less typing: width=100/25.4 > > Jim > > ______________________________________________ > 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. -- ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. ___ Patrick Connolly {~._.~} Great minds discuss ideas _( Y )_ Average minds discuss events (:_~*~_:) Small minds discuss people (_)-(_) ..... Eleanor Roosevelt ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. ______________________________________________ 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.
