[R] How to draw a per mille symbol?

[Gavin Simpson]

On Tue, 2006-09-19 at 17:29 +0100, Gavin Simpson wrote:
> Dear list,
> 
> Following advice posted to this list a while back by Prof Ripley [1], I
> have been trying to draw a per mille character [2] in an axis label.
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Before I get asked for it, here's the sessionInfo() - apologies for not
supplying it originally.

> version
               _
platform       i686-pc-linux-gnu
arch           i686
os             linux-gnu
system         i686, linux-gnu
status         alpha
major          2
minor          4.0
year           2006
month          09
day            19
svn rev        39410
language       R
version.string R version 2.4.0 alpha (2006-09-19 r39410)
> sessionInfo()
R version 2.4.0 alpha (2006-09-19 r39410)
i686-pc-linux-gnu

locale:
LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_MONETARY=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C

attached base packages:
[1] "methods"   "stats"     "graphics"  "grDevices" "utils"
"datasets"
[7] "base"
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