How to Write a Graph as EPS File in R (2 Examples)
In this tutorial, I’ll show how to save a graphic as EPS file in the R programming language.
Preparing the Examples
data(iris) # Loading iris data set head(iris) # Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species # 1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa # 2 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa # 3 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa # 4 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa # 5 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 setosa # 6 5.4 3.9 1.7 0.4 setosa |
Example 1: Export Plot as EPS File Using Base R
setEPS() # Export EPS file postscript("iris_base_r.eps") plot(iris$Sepal.Length, iris$Sepal.Width) dev.off() |
Example 2: Export Plot as EPS File Using ggplot2 Package
install.packages("ggplot2") # Install ggplot2 package library("ggplot2") # Load ggplot2 package |
ggplot(iris, # Drawing graphic in ggplot2 aes(x = Sepal.Length, y = Sepal.Width)) + geom_point() |
ggsave(file = "iris_ggplot2.eps") # Export EPS file |