[R] Adjust the position of main in par(mfrow)

[R. Michael Weylandt]

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 4:28 AM, phillen <phlentner at gmail.com> wrote:
> hey guys
>
> I want two plots in one window with an overall title and with individual
> titles for each plots.
>
> my code:
>
> par(mfrow=c(2,1))
> bp_dirverq1=boxplot(dirverq1, col="orange",horizontal=TRUE, main="Q1
> 2012",cex.main=0.7)
> bp_dirverq2=boxplot(dirverq2, col="orange",horizontal=TRUE, main="Q2
> 2012",cex.main=0.7)
> title("Direktveranlagung in %",outer=TRUE)
>
> Problem: The individual titles are too far away from the plots.
> Consequently, only the half part of the overall title is within the graph.
>
> 1. I need to get the individual titles of closer to the individual graphs.
> 2. I need to get the overall title to be withing the graphic window.
>

It feels hackish but title(....., line = -2) or so usually works for me here.

> Any suggestions?
>
> cheers
>
>
>
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