R help - Sep 2011 - Increase space between xlab and X axis tick labels

People,

I am using the "las=2" parameter to rotate the labels for the X axis 
ticks but it means that they are almost touching the "xlab" string.  I
have been messing around with the "mai" paremeter but that doesn't
help
- is there some way of increasing the space between xlab and the X axis 
tick labels?

Thanks,

Phil.
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On 09/25/2011 08:54 PM, Philip Rhoades wrote:
> People,
>
> I am using the "las=2" parameter to rotate the labels for the X
axis
> ticks but it means that they are almost touching the "xlab"
string. I
> have been messing around with the "mai" paremeter but that
doesn't help
> - is there some way of increasing the space between xlab and the X axis
> tick labels?
>
Hi Phil,
Have a look at the "hadj" argument in the "axis" function.
Perhaps
setting this to 1 will set the labels in the correct position. If not, 
you might have to go to:

# allow display outside the plot region
par(xpd=TRUE)
# plot the labels using the text function
text(...)
# restore plot region clipping
par(xpd=FALSE)

Jim

On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 6:54 AM, Philip Rhoades <phil at pricom.com.au>
wrote:
> People,
>
> I am using the "las=2" parameter to rotate the labels for the X
axis ticks
> but it means that they are almost touching the "xlab" string. ?I
have been
> messing around with the "mai" paremeter but that doesn't help
- is there
> some way of increasing the space between xlab and the X axis tick labels?
>
Try adjusting mar and mgp:

opar <- par(mar = c(5, 6, 4, 2) + 0.1, no.readonly = TRUE)
plot(0, las = 2, mgp = c(4, 1, 0), ylab = "Y")
par(opar)

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