R help - May 2003 - plot vertical labels along x axis

I know how to print my own labels along the x axis:

plot(1:10,xlab = "My label", axes = FALSE)

axis(1,at=seq(1,10,by=2),labels=c("first","second","third","fourth","fifth"))


Is there a way to make the labels print vertically along the axis rather than 
horizontally?  (I'm not sure if this is even going to look all right, but I 
want to check it out if it is possible.)

Anna

Anna H. Pryor wrote:
> I know how to print my own labels along the x axis:
> 
> plot(1:10,xlab = "My label", axes = FALSE)
> 
>
axis(1,at=seq(1,10,by=2),labels=c("first","second","third","fourth","fifth"))
> 
> 
> Is there a way to make the labels print vertically along the axis rather
than
> horizontally?  (I'm not sure if this is even going to look all right,
but I
> want to check it out if it is possible.)
> 
> Anna
See ?par, in particular its argument "las".

Uwe Ligges

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>[mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Anna H. Pryor
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>
>
>
>I know how to print my own labels along the x axis:
>
>plot(1:10,xlab = "My label", axes = FALSE)
>
>axis(1,at=seq(1,10,by=2),labels=c("first","second","third","fou
>rth","fifth"))
>
>
>Is there a way to make the labels print vertically along the 
>axis rather than 
>horizontally?  (I'm not sure if this is even going to look all 
>right, but I 
>want to check it out if it is possible.)
>
>Anna

Try this sequence:

plot(1:10,xlab = "My label", axes = FALSE)
axis(1, at=seq(1,10,by=2),
labels=c("first","second","third","fourth","fifth"),
las = 2)


See ?par for more information on the use of the 'las = 2' argument,
which sets the labels to be printed perpendicular to the axis.

Hope that helps,

Marc Schwartz