How to Export Multiple Plots to PDF in R

To export multiple plots to PDF in R, you can use pdf() function and dev.off() function. The pdf() function opens a graphics device to save plots to a PDF file, while dev.off() closes the graphics device and saves the file.

The following method shows how you can do it with syntax.

Method 1: Use pdf() and dev.off() Function

pdf(file)

for (i in data) {   
  x=rnorm(i)  
  y=rnorm(i)  
  plot(x, y)   
}

dev.off() 

The following example shows how to export multiple plots to pdf in R using pdf() and dev.off() function.

Using pdf() and dev.off() Function

Let’s see how we can use pdf() and dev.off() function to export multiple plots to pdf in r:

# Create dataframe
df <- data.frame(Machine_name=c("A","B","C","D","E","F","G","H"),
                 Pressure1=c(78.2, 28, 71.7, 80.21, 72.7, 30, 84.21, 76.2),
                 Temperature1=c(31, 33, 36, 37, 36, 33, 37, 31),
                 Status=c(TRUE,TRUE,FALSE,TRUE,FALSE,TRUE,TRUE,TRUE))

# Specify path to save PDF 
destination = 'R_plots1.pdf'

# Open PDF file
pdf(file=destination)

# Save plots to PDF
for (i in df$Pressure1) {   
  x=rnorm(i)  
  y=rnorm(i)  
  plot(x, y)   
}

# Turn off PDF plotting file
dev.off() 

Here the above code shows how to export plots to pdf file using pdf() and dev.off() function.