Nick Matzke
2013-Aug-10 02:05 UTC
[R] easiest way to put italics words in sentences plotted with text()?
Hi, I am plotting some labels that consist of strings in which some words (but only some) should be in italics. E.g. "M3: Homo, 5 areas, 2 areas max" "M4: Pan, 3 areas, 2 areas max" I am putting these on the plot with the text() command. The words "Homo" and "Pan" should be italicized, since they are genus names. Is there some sneaky code to insert italics for certain words? I would rather not have to break up the string and plot every word separately, or similar insanity. Any help much appreciated! Cheers, Nick -- ===================================================Nicholas J. Matzke Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Student Researcher Huelsenbeck Lab Center for Theoretical Evolutionary Genomics 4151 VLSB (Valley Life Sciences Building) Department of Integrative Biology University of California, Berkeley Graduate Student Instructor, IB200B Principles of Phylogenetics: Ecology and Evolution http://ib.berkeley.edu/courses/ib200b/ http://phylo.wikidot.com/ Lab websites: http://ib.berkeley.edu/people/lab_detail.php?lab=54 http://fisher.berkeley.edu/cteg/hlab.html Dept. personal page: http://ib.berkeley.edu/people/students/person_detail.php?person=370 Lab personal page: http://fisher.berkeley.edu/cteg/members/matzke.html Lab phone: 510-643-6299 Dept. fax: 510-643-6264 Cell phone: 510-301-0179 Email: matzke at berkeley.edu Mailing address: Department of Integrative Biology 1005 Valley Life Sciences Building #3140 Berkeley, CA 94720-3140 ----------------------------------------------------- "[W]hen people thought the earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together." Isaac Asimov (1989). "The Relativity of Wrong." The Skeptical Inquirer, 14(1), 35-44. Fall 1989. http://chem.tufts.edu/AnswersInScience/RelativityofWrong.htm
arun
2013-Aug-10 02:22 UTC
[R] easiest way to put italics words in sentences plotted with text()?
Hi,
May be this gets you started:
plot(1,1,xlim=0:1,ylim=0:1)
text(0.6,0.8, expression(M3:~italic(Homo)~paste(",", " 5 areas, 2
areas max",sep="")))
?text(0.6,0.4, expression(M4:~italic(Pan)~paste(",", " 3 areas, 2
areas max",sep="")))
A.K.
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Subject: [R] easiest way to put italics words in sentences plotted with text()?
Hi,
I am plotting some labels that consist of strings in which
some words (but only some) should be in italics.
E.g.
"M3: Homo, 5 areas, 2 areas max"
"M4: Pan, 3 areas, 2 areas max"
I am putting these on the plot with the text() command.? The
words "Homo" and "Pan" should be italicized, since they are
genus names.? Is there some sneaky code to insert italics
for certain words?? I would rather not have to break up the
string and plot every word separately, or similar insanity.
Any help much appreciated!
Cheers,
Nick
--
===================================================Nicholas J. Matzke
Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Student Researcher
Huelsenbeck Lab
Center for Theoretical Evolutionary Genomics
4151 VLSB (Valley Life Sciences Building)
Department of Integrative Biology
University of California, Berkeley
Graduate Student Instructor, IB200B
Principles of Phylogenetics: Ecology and Evolution
http://ib.berkeley.edu/courses/ib200b/
http://phylo.wikidot.com/
Lab websites:
http://ib.berkeley.edu/people/lab_detail.php?lab=54
http://fisher.berkeley.edu/cteg/hlab.html
Dept. personal page:
http://ib.berkeley.edu/people/students/person_detail.php?person=370
Lab personal page:
http://fisher.berkeley.edu/cteg/members/matzke.html
Lab phone: 510-643-6299
Dept. fax: 510-643-6264
Cell phone: 510-301-0179
Email: matzke at berkeley.edu
Mailing address:
Department of Integrative Biology
1005 Valley Life Sciences Building #3140
Berkeley, CA 94720-3140
-----------------------------------------------------
"[W]hen people thought the earth was flat, they were wrong.
When people thought the earth was spherical, they were
wrong. But if you think that thinking the earth is spherical
is just as wrong as thinking the earth is flat, then your
view is wronger than both of them put together."
Isaac Asimov (1989). "The Relativity of Wrong." The
Skeptical Inquirer, 14(1), 35-44. Fall 1989.
http://chem.tufts.edu/AnswersInScience/RelativityofWrong.htm
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