[R] Using roman and italic fonts in an xlab expression for a plot

[Gabor Grothendieck]

or even shorter:

plot(1, xlab = "Level is" ~ italic(M))


On 11/23/06, Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck at gmail.com> wrote:
> Try this:
>
>  plot(1, xlab = quote("Level is" ~ italic(M)))
>
> or
>
>   plot(1, xlab = quote(Level ~ is ~ italic(M))
>
>
> On 11/23/06, Philip Boland <philip.j.boland at ucd.ie> wrote:
> > Just wondering if it is possible to put something like
> >
> > "The excess level is M"
> >
> > in the xlab position of a plot but where the M is in italic font and
> > the rest in ordinary (or Roman) font.
> >
> > Thanks - Phil Boland
> >
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