On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Tom La Bone wrote:

> Thanks for all of the suggestions. The key key here seems to be using the
> "par" function to change the coordinate system like so
>
> plot(rnorm(100), rnorm(100))
> op <- par("usr")
> par(usr = c(0, 1, 0, 1))
> text(0.5,0.5,"TEST")
> par(usr = op)
>
> Prof Ripley commented that this approach will also work on log plots, but I
> don't think I completely understand what is going on because this does not
> work for me
>
> plot(rlnorm(100), rlnorm(100),log="xy")
> op <- par("usr")
> par(usr = c(0, 1, 0, 1))
> text(0.5,0.5,"TEST")
> par(usr = op)
>
> Any hints on what I am doing wrong with the log plots? Thanks again for the
> help.

You need

par(usr = c(0, 1, 0, 1), xlog=FALSE, ylog=FALSE)

to set up a non-log coordinate system.

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Brian D. Ripley,                  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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