[R] layout problem

[Hotz, T.]

> I have a question about using the layout command within a 
> function.  I've
> written function that uses layout to create a figure from 2 
> plots.  This
> works fine to create a figure.  When I use par(mfrow = 
> c(2,2)) to create multiple
>  plots, it seems that the layout command resets the mfrow parmeter.
> Is there a way for me to avoid this problem?

As far as I understand that is not possible, since 
"`layout' divides the device up", not a part of the device.

If you need to split your device again and again, you should
package grid (or lattice, on a higher level); these allow to do so.
However, these need different plot commands, i.e. plot() will not
work with them

HTH

Thomas

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Thomas Hotz
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