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rggplot2panelpar

Make a multiple panel structure to insert graphs of different sizes afterwards (16 in total)

I made 15 pie charts, and one line chart.

My goal is now to line them up according to the structure on the picture

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Is there a way like 

par(mfrow=c(2,2))

to build such a structure, in which I can afterwards plot all the graphs I made? Accept that in this case, I would like to be able to determine the sizes of the plots.

Solution

  • try this,

    library(gridExtra)
library(grid)
l <- cbind(c(5:1, NA), rbind(6:10, matrix(16, 5, 5)), c(11:15, NA))

# dummy placeholders for illustration
plots <- lapply(1:16, function(ii) 
            grobTree(rectGrob(), textGrob(paste("plot", ii))))

grid.arrange(grobs=plots, layout_matrix=l)

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    for actual plots, try 

     plots <- replicate(16, ggplot(), simplify = FALSE)

    or a list of your 16 plots (or grid grobs),

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