R help - May 2005 - Plot: Distance between tick and tick label on y-axis

Hello,

I want to reduce the distance between my ticks and their labels.   I managed
to do it for the x-axis, but the y-axis puzzles me.  Here's an example where
there is no space between the x-asix ticks and labels.

par(las=1)
plot(runif(50),
type="l",xaxt="n",yaxt="n",ylab="",
bty="l")
axis(2)
axis(1,padj=-1.5)

#However, 
axis(2,padj=-1.5) #does not work

I understand from ?axis that padj will take its direction from the par(las).
In this case, padj will move labels up and down for both x-axis and y-axis.
I want my y-axis labels to be horizontal.

I can I reduce the distance between y-axis ticks and labels? 


Regards,

Pierre Lapointe
Assistant Market Strategist



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Hi

You might have more luck with par(mgp), for example, ...

par(las=1)
plot(runif(50),
type="l",xaxt="n",yaxt="n",ylab="",
bty="l")
axis(2, mgp=c(3, .5, 0))
axis(1, mgp=c(3, .3, 0))

Paul


Lapointe, Pierre wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I want to reduce the distance between my ticks and their labels.   I
managed
> to do it for the x-axis, but the y-axis puzzles me.  Here's an example
where
> there is no space between the x-asix ticks and labels.
> 
> par(las=1)
> plot(runif(50),
type="l",xaxt="n",yaxt="n",ylab="",
bty="l")
> axis(2)
> axis(1,padj=-1.5)
> 
> #However, 
> axis(2,padj=-1.5) #does not work
> 
> I understand from ?axis that padj will take its direction from the
par(las).
> In this case, padj will move labels up and down for both x-axis and y-axis.
> I want my y-axis labels to be horizontal.
> 
> I can I reduce the distance between y-axis ticks and labels? 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Pierre Lapointe
> Assistant Market Strategist
> 
> 
> 
>
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