Hi: This seems to work:
vars2 <- c(quote(alpha), quote(beta)) # returns a list of mode call plot(0, 0, main = bquote(bold('Foo '~.(vars2[[2]])))) Expressions are only evaluated once, which means that inner expressions are not evaluated. You need a call object rather than an expression inside of bquote(). HTH, Dennis On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Marius Hofert <m_hof...@web.de> wrote: > Dear all, > > I have a vector of expressions and would like to "paste" some string to it > before using it in a plot: > > vars <- vector("expression", 2) > vars[1] <- expression(alpha) > vars[2] <- expression(beta) > plot(0, 0, main=substitute(bold("Foo" ~~ VAR), list(VAR=vars[2]) )) > > Although I tried hard, I just can't figure out how to solve this. The title > should be "Foo <theta>", where <theta> is the greek letter. I tried some > constructions with bquote but that wasn't successful... I also looked in the > mailing list but couldn't find anything helpful [I am sure I overlooked > something]. > > Cheers, > > Marius > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > ______________________________________________ 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.