[R] print Text on device

jim holtman jholtman at gmail.com
Thu Oct 4 22:16:25 CEST 2007


One way is to 'sink' the output to a text file and then convert the
text file to PDF.  I am not sure what type of format you are assuming
for the output.  You might consider 'sweave' for getting the output to
LaTex and then converting to PDF.

On 10/4/07, John Lande <john.lande77 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would like to print on a pdf a table with element coming from a vector.
> such as
>
> >example=c("a", "b")
>
> >pdf("table.pdf")
> >print(example)
> >dev.off()
>
>
>
> On 10/4/07, jim holtman <jholtman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Can you provide an example of what your data looks like and how you
> > might want it plotted.  'text' does 'put' data on your plot.  What
> > else do you want?
> >
> > On 10/4/07, John Lande < john.lande77 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > hi BioC,
> > >
> > >
> > > I need to plot  a vector of characters on a pdf device, not as a legend,
> but
> > > as in image by itself.
> > > I tried text but it is only related to locate text in a plot.
> > >
> > > what do you suggest?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > sessionInfo()
> > > R version 2.6.0 (2007-10-03)
> > > x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
> > >
> > > locale:
> > >
> LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8;LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
> > >
> > > attached base packages:
> > > [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
> > >
> > > loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> > > [1] rcompgen_0.1-15 tools_2.6.0
> > >
> > >        [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> > >
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Jim Holtman
> > Cincinnati, OH
> > +1 513 646 9390
> >
> > What is the problem you are trying to solve?
> >
>
>


-- 
Jim Holtman
Cincinnati, OH
+1 513 646 9390

What is the problem you are trying to solve?



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