Print plot to file

Save current open screen figure as pdf file

# create plot example

x=c(1,2,3,4,5)

y=c(5,2,3,4,1)

plot(x,y)

# save plot as PDF file, size 6 × 6 inch

dev.copy(pdf, 'myfigure.pdf', width = 6, height = 6)

dev.off()

Print figure to PDF / PNG file (within a R-script)

1) Define .pdf or .png output file-name

# define PDF file for writing

pdf(file = 'myfigure.pdf')

# define PNG file for writing

png(file = 'myfigure.png')

2) Run the plotting commands

# Example: boxplot (not visible on screen, draw goes directly into pdf / png file)

x1=mydata$height

x2=mydata$width

boxplot(x1, x2, names=c("Height", "Width"), boxwex=0.4)

2) Save pdf / png output file

dev.off()