R help - Nov 2021 - Degree symbol as axis label superscript [RESOLVED]

On Tue, 30 Nov 2021, Rich Shepard wrote:
> Thanks, Andrew. I will.
plotmath didn't have the solution; the use of the LaTeX ^ for a superscript
had a character or number preceeding it. Using 'degree' prints that
string
on the axis.

What does work is using the unicode for the degree symbol as prefix to
either C or F. In my case:
 	ylab('Water Temperature (\u00B0C)')
does the job.

I found this solution with the DDG search string, 'degree symbol in R plot
axis label'. This stackexchange thread has the answer:
<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51799118/writing-the-symbol-degrees-celsius-in-axis-titles-with-r-plotly>

Regards,

Rich

The following makes degree signs appropriately, as shown in ?plotmath:
    plot(68, 20, xlab=expression(degree*F), ylab=expression(degree*C))
If you want the word "degree" spelled out, put it in quotes.

-Bill

On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 12:31 PM Rich Shepard <rshepard at
appl-ecosys.com>
wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Nov 2021, Rich Shepard wrote:
>
> > Thanks, Andrew. I will.
>
> plotmath didn't have the solution; the use of the LaTeX ^ for a
superscript
> had a character or number preceeding it. Using 'degree' prints that
string
> on the axis.
>
> What does work is using the unicode for the degree symbol as prefix to
> either C or F. In my case:
>         ylab('Water Temperature (\u00B0C)')
> does the job.
>
> I found this solution with the DDG search string, 'degree symbol in R
plot
> axis label'. This stackexchange thread has the answer:
> <
>
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51799118/writing-the-symbol-degrees-celsius-in-axis-titles-with-r-plotly
> >
>
> Regards,
>
> Rich
>
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I think you have to not put the word degree in quotes, something like:


graphics::plot(
    x = 1,

    xlab = quote(
        32 * degree
    )
)


works for me, though yours seems like a good solution too

On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 3:31 PM Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Nov 2021, Rich Shepard wrote:
>
> > Thanks, Andrew. I will.
>
> plotmath didn't have the solution; the use of the LaTeX ^ for a
superscript
> had a character or number preceeding it. Using 'degree' prints that
string
> on the axis.
>
> What does work is using the unicode for the degree symbol as prefix to
> either C or F. In my case:
>         ylab('Water Temperature (\u00B0C)')
> does the job.
>
> I found this solution with the DDG search string, 'degree symbol in R
plot
> axis label'. This stackexchange thread has the answer:
> <
>
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51799118/writing-the-symbol-degrees-celsius-in-axis-titles-with-r-plotly
> >
>
> Regards,
>
> Rich
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
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> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
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On 11/30/21 12:29 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Nov 2021, Rich Shepard wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Andrew. I will.
>
> plotmath didn't have the solution; 

Really? What was wrong with this?


plot(1, 1, xlab=expression(32^degree) )? # the example given on ?plotmath


-- 

David.


> the use of the LaTeX ^ for a superscript
> had a character or number preceeding it. Using 'degree' prints that
> string
> on the axis.
>
> What does work is using the unicode for the degree symbol as prefix to
> either C or F. In my case:
> ????ylab('Water Temperature (\u00B0C)')
> does the job.
>
> I found this solution with the DDG search string, 'degree symbol in R 
> plot
> axis label'. This stackexchange thread has the answer:
>
<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51799118/writing-the-symbol-degrees-celsius-in-axis-titles-with-r-plotly>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Rich
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide 
> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.