[R] Multiple lag.plots per page

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Gad Abraham wrote:

> Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
>> On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Gad Abraham wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I'm trying to plot several lag.plots on a page, however the second plot
>>> replaces the first one (although it only takes up the upper half as it
>>> should):
>>> 
>>> par(mfrow=c(2,1))
>>> a<-sin(1:100)
>>> b<-cos(1:100)
>>> lag.plot(a)
>>> lag.plot(b)
>>> 
>>> What's the trick to this?
>> 
>> lag.plot itself calls par(mfrow).  The trick is to get one call to do the 
>> plots you want:
>> 
>> lag.plot(cbind(a,b))
>> 
>> 
>
> Thanks, that works great for multiple lag.plots. Is it possible to have a 
> lag.plot and another type of plot on the same page? The second plot() always 
> replaces the lag.plot for me.

Yes, if the other plot is second, e.g

par(mfrow=c(2,1))
a<-sin(1:100)
lag.plot(a)
par(mfg=c(2,1)) # move to second plot
plot(1:10)


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