| clip {graphics} | R Documentation |
Set Clipping Region
Description
Set clipping region in user coordinates
Usage
clip(x1, x2, y1, y2)
Arguments
x1, x2, y1, y2 |
user coordinates of clipping rectange |
Details
How the clipping rectangle is set depends on the setting of
par("xpd"): this function changes the current setting
until the next high-level plotting command resets it.
Exactly when the clipping region will be reset can be hard to
predict. plot.new always resets it.
Functions such as lines and text only
reset it if par("xpd") has been changed. However,
functions such as box, mtext,
title and plot.dendrogram can manipulate
the xpd setting.
See Also
par
Examples
x <- rnorm(1000)
hist(x, xlim=c(-4,4))
usr <- par("usr")
clip(usr[1], -2, usr[3], usr[4])
hist(x, col = 'red', add = TRUE)
clip(2, usr[2], usr[3], usr[4])
hist(x, col = 'blue', add = TRUE)
do.call("clip", as.list(usr)) # reset to plot region