Hi,
I have a plot and a custom axis labeling, e.g.
x<-c(...)
plot(x,axes=FALSE)
axis(2)
axis(1,1:50,c("label1",...,"label50"))
now since the labels are quite long, only a few fit on the page.
Can I rotate each label by 90 degree counterclockwise
(so that they are vertical)
BoM DS wrote:> Hi, > > I have a plot and a custom axis labeling, e.g. > > x<-c(...) > plot(x,axes=FALSE) > axis(2) > axis(1,1:50,c("label1",...,"label50")) > > now since the labels are quite long, only a few fit on the page. > Can I rotate each label by 90 degree counterclockwise > (so that they are vertical)You should (re-)read ?axis, which points you to the "las" parameter: x <- 1:50 plot(x, axes = FALSE) axis(1, x, paste("label", x), las = 2, cex.axis = 0.5) axis(2) box() --sundar
BoM DS wrote:> Hi, > > I have a plot and a custom axis labeling, e.g. > > x<-c(...) > plot(x,axes=FALSE) > axis(2) > axis(1,1:50,c("label1",...,"label50")) > > now since the labels are quite long, only a few fit on the page. > Can I rotate each label by 90 degree counterclockwise > (so that they are vertical)See ?par and its argument "las". Uwe Ligges> ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html