R help - Oct 2007 - Question re matplot

Hi,

I have the following script for matplot

matplot(battingagg$X, battingagg[,
c("HR","RBI","X2B", "BB",
"R", "SB")], type="b",lty=4,lwd=2, col=1:4,xlab =
"Year",
ylab "(1)HRs, (2)RBIs, (3)DOUBLES,(4)BB,(5)Runs,(6) BB", 
pty="m",sub = "Figure 2.  Plot of Selected Offensive 
Baseball Statistics: 1901 - 2005",)

The problem I'm having is with ylab.  It seems not to be 
giving the entire label, but rather cuts of the first 3 
variables giving me only (4)BB,(5)Runs,(6) BB.   How can I 
get it to print the entire label?

Thanks in advance.

David


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On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 22:00 -0500, David Kaplan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have the following script for matplot
> 
> matplot(battingagg$X, battingagg[,
c("HR","RBI","X2B", "BB",
> "R", "SB")], type="b",lty=4,lwd=2,
col=1:4,xlab = "Year",
> ylab "(1)HRs, (2)RBIs, (3)DOUBLES,(4)BB,(5)Runs,(6) BB", 
> pty="m",sub = "Figure 2.  Plot of Selected Offensive 
> Baseball Statistics: 1901 - 2005",)
> 
> The problem I'm having is with ylab.  It seems not to be 
> giving the entire label, but rather cuts of the first 3 
> variables giving me only (4)BB,(5)Runs,(6) BB.   How can I 
> get it to print the entire label?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> David
Is the above an exact copy of your script?

If yes, what happens when you remember to put an '=' sign after
'ylab'?  :-)

Also, you appear to have a superfluous ',' at the end of the function
call, prior to the final close paren.

HTH,

Marc Schwartz