[R] rotating axis / mtext labels

[Uwe Ligges]

Iain Gallagher wrote:

> Hello list.
> 
> Is it possible to use par(srt=45) to rotate text by 45 degrees along the 
> x-axis of a plot. Using:
> 
> <code>
> 
> x_names<-c("C57 Nv", "C57 Vacc", "129 Nv", "129 Vacc", "IFNgR Nv", "IFNgR Vacc")
> par(srt=45)
> mtext(font=2, x_names, side=1, line=1, at=l, cex=1.2)
> par(srt=0)
> 
> </code>
> 
> doesn't seem to work in R 2.2.0 on SUSE linux.
> 
> Suggestions would be appreciated thanks.


mtext does not support string rotation. You can rather use text() with 
par(xpd=TRUE) if you need it.

Uwe Ligges

> Iain
> 
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