[R] italics letter in roman string

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Try this:

plot(1:10)
legend("topleft", This ~ study ~ italic(n) == 3293)


On 3/17/07, Chabot Denis <chabotd at globetrotter.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As part of the legend to a plot, I need to have the "n" in italics
> because it is a requirement of the journal I aim to publish in:
> "This study, n = 3293"
>
> Presently I have:
> legend(20, 105, "This study, n = 3293", pch=1,  col=rgb(0,0,0,0.5),
>                 pt.cex=0.3, cex=0.8, bty="n")
>
> I suppose I could leave a blank in place of the "n", then issue a
> text call where I'd use font=3 for a single letter, "n". But it will
> be tricky to find the exact location to use.
>
> Is there a way to switch to font=3 just for one letter within a string?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Denis Chabot
>
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