To all in R land, Here is what I would like to do. x = c(1:10) y = c(1:10) plot(x,y) mtext(side=2, line=1.5, expression(""*delta*""^18*"O [permill]"), cex=1, adj=0.5)
That's it. Except I would like to replace "permill" with the symbol. Thanks for the help On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 11:07:55 +0100 (BST) Prof Brian Ripley <rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > You still have not sent the information requested in the posting > guide, and I do not know your target device nor locale, nor is that a > reproducible example. > > Please learn some respect for the time of the helpers here (and for > all the work that went into making this possible in R). > > On Wed, 6 Jul 2011, mathew brown wrote: > > > Good point. > > > > Here is the code > > plot(dat$timestamp,dat$delta_18_16, ylab="", xlab="(min)", tck=0.05, > > col="blue") > > mtext(side=2, line=1.5, expression(""*delta*""^18*"O [\u0089]"), cex=1, > > adj=0.5) > > > > I'm still not sure how to get your code to work. > > Unsurprising, as you have not seen *my* code. > > > thanks > > > > On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 09:45:49 +0100 (BST) > > Prof Brian Ripley <rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 6 Jul 2011, mathew brown wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >> > >>> I'm trying to figure out how to make a plot with ylab showing the > >>> permil symbol. Anyone know how to do this? > >> > >> Yes. > >> > >> Now, it you would follow the posting guide and give the 'at a minimum' > >> information you were asked for, and the graphics device you want to > >> use, we might be able to tell you more precisely how. > >> > >> Hint: that symbol is "\u0089", and also in latin-1. > >> > >>> Thanks > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> ______________________________________________ > >>> 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. > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> Brian D. Ripley, rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk > >> Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ > >> University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) > >> 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) > >> Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 > > > > > > -- > > Mathew Brown > > Institute of Bioclimatology > > University of Göttingen > > Büsgenweg 2 > > 37077 Göttingen, Germany > > t: +49 551 39 9359 > > mathew.br...@forst.uni-goettingen.de > > > > -- > Brian D. Ripley, rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk > Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ > University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) > 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) > Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 -- Mathew Brown Institute of Bioclimatology University of Göttingen Büsgenweg 2 37077 Göttingen, Germany t: +49 551 39 9359 mathew.br...@forst.uni-goettingen.de ______________________________________________ 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.