[R] axis labels vertically

[BoM DS]

2005/6/17, Sundar Dorai-Raj <sundar.dorai-raj at pdf.com>:

> You should (re-)read ?axis, which points you to the "las" parameter:
> 
> x <- 1:50
> plot(x, axes = FALSE)
> axis(1, x, paste("label", x), las = 2, cex.axis = 0.5)
> axis(2)
> box()

thank you very much. This answer helps me in several ways:
 1. it solves my particular problem
 2. I wasn't aware that there is an online-help. (was using the
tutorial on the web, which is nat at all detailed.
 3. ?axis leaded me to ?par

Thank you very much