R return corrplot as object

The recent gridGraphics package could probably do what you asked: return the plot as a grob.

mat <- matrix(rnorm(100), ncol=10)
library(corrplot)
corrplot(cor(mat))

library(gridGraphics)
grab_grob <- function(){
  grid.echo()
  grid.grab()
}

g <- grab_grob()
library(gridExtra)
grid.newpage()
grid.arrange(g,g,g,g)

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