[BioC] Flipping labels on bottom of boxplot

Sylvia Merk sylvia.merk at ukmuenster.de
Fri Apr 25 16:27:57 CEST 2008


Dear Paul,

did you try the parameter las from par ?

par(las=2) before calling the boxplot command should turn the labels.

If the labels do not fit and need adjustment you can add the parameter
cex (have a look at ?par).

Best regards
Sylvia


Am Freitag, den 25.04.2008, 14:48 +0100 schrieb Paul Geeleher:
> Hi all,
> 
> I want to output some boxplots as PDF files, but I'm having a problem
> in that you can't see all the labels at the bottom of the screen
> because they overlap.
> 
> Have a look here if you want to see what I'm talking about:
> http://frink.nuigalway.ie/~pat/boxplot.pdf
> 
> As you can see only half the array labels are visible.
> 
> Is there a way of flipping these labels 90 degrees, so that they
> vertical, and hopefully all visible? I've seen it somewhere before but
> don't know how to do it...
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Paul.
> 
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