Message-ID: <4E9EE383.4000908@gmail.com>
Date: 2011-10-19T14:49:39Z
From: Duncan Murdoch
Subject: Simple color strip
In-Reply-To: <CAEQKoCGQXjwTRFF4ELnO-yD1soh4VQTAeXNvFNTwqcS+BqmreQ@mail.gmail.com>
On 19/10/2011 10:32 AM, Brian Smith wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was trying to get an image/pdf of a sequence of colors in the order given.
> For example:
>
> myCols<- c('#0000BF','#0000BF','#0000FF','#0000FF','#0000BF','#0000FF')
>
>
> I'd like to make a strip of colors as they appear in the order above and
> save it as a pdf file. Is there a function in the base package (or some
> other package) to do this?
>
On 19/10/2011 10:32 AM, Brian Smith wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was trying to get an image/pdf of a sequence of colors in the order given.
> For example:
>
> myCols<- c('#0000BF','#0000BF','#0000FF','#0000FF','#0000BF','#0000FF')
>
>
> I'd like to make a strip of colors as they appear in the order above and
> save it as a pdf file. Is there a function in the base package (or some
> other package) to do this?
barplot(rep(1, 6), col=myCols, axes=FALSE)
There are other options to barplot if you want the bars horizontal,
without spacing, etc.
Putting it in a pdf is simple: just open the pdf() device before you
draw, and close it afterwards.
Duncan Murdoch