Try bquote as in: http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e2/help/07/09/26353.html
On 10/10/07, Daniel Brewer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to get a title on a plot that contains both some formatting > and prints the value of an object. What I have been using to get the > italics is: > > title(sub=expression(paste("Log-rank test ",italic("p"),"-value = ",p.val))) > > But this prints "p.val" rather than the object value. I have tried > various combinations of paste and expression but it seems that to get > the italic expression function has to be called first. > > Any ideas on how to get round this problem? > > Thanks > > Dan > -- > ************************************************************** > Daniel Brewer, Ph.D. > Institute of Cancer Research > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ************************************************************** > > The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, a charitable Company > Limited by Guarantee, Registered in England under Company No. 534147 with its > Registered Office at 123 Old Brompton Road, London SW7 3RP. > > This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the...{{dropped:9}} ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.