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Expand Up @@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ All plots in R have margins surrounding them that separate the main plotting spa

You can adjust the size of the margins by specifying a margin parameter using the syntax `par(mar = c(bottom, left, top, right))`, where the arguments `bottom`, `left` ... are the size of the margins. The default value for `mar` is c(5.1, 4.1, 4.1, 2.1). To change the size of the margins of a plot you must do so with `par(mar)` *before* you actually create the plot.

Let's see how this works by creating two plots with different margins:In the plot on the left, I'll set the margins to 3 on all sides. In the plot on the right, I'll set the margins to 6 on all sides.
Let's see how this works by creating two plots with different margins:In the plot on the left, I'll set the margins to 2 on all sides. In the plot on the right, I'll set the margins to 5 on all sides.

```{r eval = FALSE}
# First Plot with small margins
Expand All @@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ mtext("Small Margins", side = 3, line = 1, cex = 1.2)
mtext("par(mar = c(2, 2, 2, 2))", side = 3)

# Second Plot with large margins
par(mar = c(5, 5, 5, 5)) # Set the margin on all sides to 6
par(mar = c(5, 5, 5, 5)) # Set the margin on all sides to 5
plot(1:10)
mtext("Large Margins", side = 3, line = 1, cex = 1.2)
mtext("par(mar = c(5, 5, 5, 5))", side = 3)
Expand All @@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ mtext("Small Margins", side = 3, line = 1, cex = 1.2)
mtext("par(mar = c(2, 2, 2, 2))", side = 3)

# Second Plot
par(mar = c(5, 5, 5, 5)) # Set the margin on all sides to 6
par(mar = c(5, 5, 5, 5)) # Set the margin on all sides to 5
plot(1:10)
mtext("Large Margins", side = 3, line = 1, cex = 1.2)
mtext("par(mar = c(5, 5, 5, 5))", side = 3)
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