Displaying multiple ggplot2 plots one after another in R (like plot.lm does)

Question

plot.lm has a nice feature of displaying plots one after another, so when specifying

plot(lm(rnorm(100) ~ rnorm(100, 3, 1)))

displays first plot and asks user to

Hit Return to see next plot:

Now I want to generate 30 plots, so displaying them in a grid will make them hard to read, while specifying them one after another is quite cumbersome. I've been wondering if there is a function or a method to imitate plot.lm behaviour? I'm specifically interested in a function that is compatible with ggplot2.

Also note that in most graphics devices you can navigate between plots. — Axeman
– Axeman, Commented Jul 17, 2018 at 10:55

Roland · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-17 12:14:39Z

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Study stats:::plot.lm. It uses devAskNewPage.

Example:

devAskNewPage(TRUE)
for (i in 1:3) plot(i)
devAskNewPage(options("device.ask.default")[[1]])

edited Jul 17, 2018 at 12:14

answered Jul 17, 2018 at 10:48

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Axeman Over a year ago

Or par(ask = TRUE)

jakes Over a year ago

devAskNewPage(options("device.ask.default")) doesn't seem to work fine (Error in devAskNewPage(options("device.ask.default")) : incorrect argument 'ask'). Is it safe to use something like devAskNewPage(FALSE)? Also, should it work ok with ggplot2?

jakes Over a year ago

Thanks. Do you know any alternative that works with ggplot2?

user20650 Over a year ago

@jakes ; what is wrong with this answer as it seems to extend to ggplot okay; change the relevant bit of Roland's code to for (i in 1:3) print(qplot(main=i))

user20650 Over a year ago

@jakes: stackoverflow.com/questions/2547306/… ; stackoverflow.com/questions/21264324/… ; cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/…

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