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Hi there, I'm trying to solve a boxplot problem (should be simple, but I cannot find the solution...): data <- list( "long_name1_xxxxxxxxxxx" = rnorm(100), "long_name2_yyyyyyyyyyyyyy" = rnorm(200)) boxplot(data , las = 2, mar = c(20,4,4,4)) Why does the margin not change whatever I put there??? With other plots it worked for me, why not in this case? I just want to see the whole label... I'm really sorry if I've missed a very obvious reason for this behaviour. Ma...