Hi, try plot(1:10, main=list("title")) I think the plot should either have title "title", or should I get an error message. But there are different weird characters instead. Of course, it is not intended to use lists as a title, but it sometimes happens... Cheers, Ott --------------------------- platform i686-pc-linux-gnu arch i686 os linux-gnu system i686, linux-gnu status major 1 minor 5.1 year 2002 month 06 day 17 language R -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._