R help - Feb 2014 - How to superscript

Hi,
Try:
x <- 1985:1990
set.seed(45)
y <- sample(70:90,length(x),replace=TRUE)
plot(x,y,xlab="Year",ylab=expression(Temperature~degree*C),main="April
Average Temperature 1985-1990",type="p")

A.K.

I want to provide a label for my x,y plot as such: ylab="Temperature 
(^oC)", where the o is meant to be superscripted. This isn't working. 
I've googled it and looked at the user manual but I can't figure it out.
 Can anyone explain the mechanism for superscripting something please? 

I've tried: plot(x,y, xlab(expression(Year)), 
ylab(expression(Temperature(~{o}~C))", main(expression(April Average 
Temperature 1961-2010)), type="p"), 
and I've tried some other things that I can't remember all of now. 
Very confused. It should be a simple thing to superscript something in a
 heading!

The given solution is the right one for the degree symbol, but does not 
answer the overall question of how to superscript, in particular how to 
superscript with nothing actually preceding the superscript.

In general "^" is used to obtain superscripts in plotmath (RTFM!) and
if
nothing comes before the superscript, replace the nothing by {}.

The following seems to work:

     plot(1:10,xlab="",ylab=expression(Temperature~{}^o*C))

The degree symbol however may be rendered better by "degree" than by
"{}^o".

cheers,

Rolf Turner

On 15/02/14 06:20, arun wrote:
> Hi,
> Try:
> x <- 1985:1990
> set.seed(45)
> y <- sample(70:90,length(x),replace=TRUE)
>
plot(x,y,xlab="Year",ylab=expression(Temperature~degree*C),main="April
Average Temperature 1985-1990",type="p")
>
> A.K.
>
> I want to provide a label for my x,y plot as such: ylab="Temperature
> (^oC)", where the o is meant to be superscripted. This isn't
working.
> I've googled it and looked at the user manual but I can't figure it
out.
>   Can anyone explain the mechanism for superscripting something please?
>
> I've tried: plot(x,y, xlab(expression(Year)),
> ylab(expression(Temperature(~{o}~C))", main(expression(April Average
> Temperature 1961-2010)), type="p"),
> and I've tried some other things that I can't remember all of now.
> Very confused. It should be a simple thing to superscript something in a
>   heading!
>
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Hi,
I have some question of using "R". As we know "R" is
connecting to CRAN Mirror for packages update, I am afraid that the data we
import into "R" will be uploaded to somewhere i.e. server. Could you
confirm that "R" is purely run on the local machine without connecting
to any server for data analysis and the data import will be eliminated
afterward?
Regards,Marcus  		 	   		  
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