[R] rotating axis / mtext labels

[Marc Schwartz]

On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 10:33 +0000, 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.
> 
> Iain


See R FAQ 7.27 How can I create rotated axis labels:

http://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#How-can-I-create-rotated-axis-labels_003f

HTH,

Marc Schwartz