R help - Nov 2005 - rotated ylab with xyplot

hi all,

in R, what's the best way to have a rotated ylab in a graph plotted with 
either xyplot or xYplot?  I tried this but it didn't work.

xyplot(y~x,data.frame(x=1:10,y=runif(10)),ylab=list(srt=90,crt=90,rot=90,label="my
label"))


more generally, how do you output a text at an angle in a lattice graph?

what would be a good reference for R lattice graphics?  I need more help 
than the help pages provide.

thank you in advance.

vn

Try

library(grid)
xyplot(y~x,data.frame(x=1:10,y=runif(10)), ylab=textGrob(label="my
label",
rot=0))

Note in the ?xyplot the xlab/ylab section points to the 'main' parameter
where it defines that a list can be used, however string rotation parameters
are not in the list.  The helpfile notes that a grob object can be used.

The reference for lattice and grid is R Graphics by Paul Murrell.

--Matt
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> Subject: [R] rotated ylab with xyplot
> 
> 
> hi all,
> 
> in R, what's the best way to have a rotated ylab in a graph 
> plotted with 
> either xyplot or xYplot?  I tried this but it didn't work.
> 
> xyplot(y~x,data.frame(x=1:10,y=runif(10)),ylab=list(srt=90,crt
> =90,rot=90,label="my label"))
> 
> 
> more generally, how do you output a text at an angle in a 
> lattice graph?
> 
> what would be a good reference for R lattice graphics?  I 
> need more help 
> than the help pages provide.
> 
> thank you in advance.
> 
> vn
> 
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