hopefully this will help you:
mydata <- 1:10
my.plot <- function(x) plot(x, main=paste('dataset =',
deparse(substitute(x))))
my.plot(mydata)
On Nov 29, 2007 9:05 PM, marciarr <marcia.rocha at gmail.com>
wrote:>
> Dear R users,
> I am having a problem with the main title of a plot. I have written a
> function returning a plot and I would like that the main title of this plot
> shows actually the name of the dataset I have used. So, for instance: if my
> dataset is called Chl, I would like that my plot to be entitled : "Raw
> periodogram of Chl". I know the function "paste". I suppose
I would be
> looking for something like: plot(main=paste(""Raw periodogram
of", "...).
> How can the program understand that the name of the data set is supposed to
> go there?
> Thank you very much for your answers!!!
> Marcia
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