Change plot panel in multipanel plot in R [duplicate]

Answer 1

If you set up the plots to be the correct final size to begin with, you can use par(mfg= to switch between the panels and add to them.

An example:

pars <- c('plt','usr')

par(mfrow=c(2,2))

plot(anscombe$x1, anscombe$y1, type='n')
par1 <- c(list(mfg=c(1,1,2,2)), par(pars))
plot(anscombe$x2, anscombe$y2, type='n')
par2 <- c(list(mfg=c(1,2,2,2)), par(pars))
plot(anscombe$x3, anscombe$y3, type='n')
par3 <- c(list(mfg=c(2,1,2,2)), par(pars))
plot(anscombe$x4, anscombe$y4, type='n')
par4 <- c(list(mfg=c(2,2,2,2)), par(pars))

for( i in 1:11 ) {
    par(par1)
    points(anscombe$x1[i], anscombe$y1[i])
    Sys.sleep(0.5)
    par(par2)
    points(anscombe$x2[i], anscombe$y2[i])
    Sys.sleep(0.5)
    par(par3)
    points(anscombe$x3[i], anscombe$y3[i])
    Sys.sleep(0.5)
    par(par4)
    points(anscombe$x4[i], anscombe$y4[i])
    Sys.sleep(0.5)
}