save a plot to a PDF file — save2pdf • Rtoolset

This function saves a plot to a PDF file. It can create a new PDF or append the plot to an existing file. If the file already exists and overwrite is set to FALSE, a new uniquely named file is created.

Usage

save2pdf(file = NA, plot_code = NA, overwrite = FALSE, append = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

file: A character string specifying the file path for the PDF.
plot_code: A language object representing the plot code to be executed. Typically, use quote to wrap the plot code.
overwrite: Logical. If TRUE, overwrites the existing file. Default is FALSE.
append: Logical. If TRUE, appends the new plot to the existing file by combining the old and new PDFs. Default is TRUE.
...: Additional arguments passed to the pdf function, such as width or height.

Value

A PDF file is created at the specified location.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Save a simple plot to a PDF
tmp_file <- tempfile(fileext = ".pdf")
save2pdf(file = tmp_file, width = 4, height = 4, overwrite = FALSE,
         plot_code = quote({
           t = seq(0, 100, 1)
           plot(cos(t) + t*sin(t), sin(t) - t*cos(t), type = "l")
         }))
} # }