box {graphics}R Documentation

Draw a Box around a Plot

Description

This function draws a box around the current plot in the given color and linetype. The bty parameter determines the type of box drawn. See par for details.

Usage

box(which="plot", lty="solid", ...)

Arguments

which character, one of "plot", "figure", "inner" and "outer".
lty line type of the box.
... further graphical parameters, such as bty, col, or lwd, see par.

References

Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988) The New S Language. Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.

See Also

rect for drawing of arbitrary rectangles.

Examples

plot(1:7,abs(rnorm(7)), type='h', axes = FALSE)
axis(1, labels = letters[1:7])
box(lty='1373', col = 'red')
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