how to place 3 images using 'wrapfigure' environments

Question

I used the LaTeX code below to place three images in a document.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\graphicspath{ {images/} }   


\begin{document}

\begin{wrapfigure}{r}{0.5\textwidth} %this figure will be at the right
    %\centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{image1}
\end{wrapfigure}

\begin{wrapfigure}{l}{0.5\textwidth}
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.25\textwidth]{image1}
\end{wrapfigure} 

\begin{wrapfigure}{l}{0.5\textwidth}
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.25\textwidth]{image1}
\end{wrapfigure} 

\end{document}

I expected one large image on the right hand side and two images on the left. But this code doesn't seem to do that. I wish to know the error if possible.

This code works but only when there is text.

I understand there are other methods to do so, but I am highly interested in knowing the mistake in this code as I am new to LaTeX.

Current output:

Expected output:

Answer 1

I can't fully reproduce your output since I don't have the image1 graphic. I'd like to make the following suggestions, though:

• Insert a \noindent directive immediately before the first \begin{wrapfigure} statement.

• Don't leave blank lines between the three wrapfigures. Remember: when TeX is in (so-called) horizontal mode, blank lines are indicators of paragraph breaks. If you don't want to generate a paragraph break, don't provided blank lines.

• Add % (comment characters) immediately after the first and second \end{wrapfigure} statements. For the example at hand, this measure isn't strictly necessary, but it may come in handy for other wrapfigure widths.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx} % remove 'demo' option in real document
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\graphicspath{ {images/} }   

\begin{document}
\noindent
\begin{wrapfigure}{r}{0.5\textwidth} %this figure will be at the right
    \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{image1}
\end{wrapfigure}%
\begin{wrapfigure}{l}{0.5\textwidth}
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.25\textwidth]{image1}
\end{wrapfigure}%
\begin{wrapfigure}{l}{0.5\textwidth}
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.25\textwidth]{image1}
\end{wrapfigure} 

\end{document}

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Addendum: The wrapfigure environment isn't really meant for the type of work done in this example document. To get finer control over the positioning of the elements, I recommend you not use wrapfigure environments at all and, instead, simply place the images on the left into a minipage environment and place the image on the right in a separate minipage. The two minipage environments will automatically be centered vertically relative to each other; I think that's what you want.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx} 
\begin{document}
\noindent
\begin{minipage}{0.5\textwidth}
  \centering
  \includegraphics[width=0.5\linewidth]{image1}

  \medskip % note the blank line immediately above this line
  \includegraphics[width=0.5\linewidth]{image1}
\end{minipage}%
\begin{minipage}{0.5\textwidth}
  \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{image1}
\end{minipage}
\end{document}