[R] Executing an R script and show the plots.

Jeff Newmiller jdnewm|| @end|ng |rom dcn@d@v|@@c@@u@
Sun Jan 26 17:15:13 CET 2020


OP does not want to depend on RStudio. Bert.

Need to open a graphics device. Which one you use is highly dependent on your needs and OS configuration. https://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/library/grDevices/html/Devices.html

On January 26, 2020 8:06:24 AM PST, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 using gmail.com> wrote:
>Google is your friend!
>
>https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26643852/ggplot-plots-in-scripts-do-not-display-in-rstudio
>
>Bert Gunter
>
>"The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along
>and
>sticking things into it."
>-- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip )
>
>
>On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 7:30 AM Felix Blind <felixblind using gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Dear R users,
>>
>> i am a python user trying to get my statistical knowledge up to speed
>> and R is the language for that.
>> I would like to run R scripts like that: R -f script.r and still get
>the
>> plots that pop up.
>>
>> When I type the following code in the R REPL I get a nice plot:
>>
>>
>> library(ggplot2)
>>
>> data("midwest",
>>
>> package="ggplot2")
>>
>> ggplot(midwest, aes(x=area, y=poptotal)) + geom_point()
>>
>> But when I put the same code in a file script.r and run it with R -f
>> script.r or if I source it in the REPL with source("script.r") I do
>not
>> get any plots shown.
>>
>> Can you guys tell me what I do wrong. (Apart from either using
>RStudio
>> or the REPL exclusively)
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Felix
>>
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