R help - Feb 2009 - distance betwenn axis and axis annotation

R-help,

How can I specify the distance between the axis and axis annotation?

Thanks in advance

have a look at ?par() and specifically parameter 'mgp', e.g.,
compare

par(mfrow = c(1, 2))
plot(1, 1)
plot(1, 1, mgp = c(2.5, 0.5, 0))


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris

Luis Ridao Cruz wrote:
> R-help,
> 
> How can I specify the distance between the axis and axis annotation?
> 
> Thanks in advance
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Luis Ridao Cruz wrote:
> R-help,
>
> How can I specify the distance between the axis and axis annotation?
>
>
>   
I don't think you can do this directly, but you can do it using mtext.  
For example:

x <- 1:10
y <- rnorm(10)

plot(x,y, axes=F)
box()
at <- pretty(x)
min <- par("usr")[1]
max <- par("usr")[2]
at <- at[ at >= min & at <= max]  # pretty extends the range
axis(1, at=at, labels=FALSE)
mtext(at, side=1, at=at, line=3)

Duncan Murdoch