R help - Jun 2006 - y-axis label location relative to tick label width?

Dear R experts:  I have an odd question:  would it be better to
calculate the location of the axis label relative to the furthest
protruding tick label?  the background is that I have my y-tick labels
oriented horizontally rather than vertically.  if R chooses to set a
tick mark at "2", the y label should be relatively close to the axis.
if R chooses to put 1.998, it should sit farther (because otherwise
the "1" may touch the y label).  possible?  regards,  /ivo

Dear R-Wizards:  does anyone know how to obtain the width of the
widest y- or x-tick label that R has drawn, so that I can leave
appropriate space between it and my overall axis text label
appropriately?

regards, /ivo welch

On 6/28/2006 1:49 PM, ivo welch wrote:
> Dear R-Wizards:  does anyone know how to obtain the width of the
> widest y- or x-tick label that R has drawn, so that I can leave
> appropriate space between it and my overall axis text label
> appropriately?
Probably the easiest way is to draw them yourself.  That is, draw the 
plot with axes=FALSE, then draw the axes using the axis() function, 
using pretty() to calculate the tick locations.

Duncan Murdoch