[R] y label perpendicular to the y axis

[Henrique Dallazuanna]

Try:

par(mar=c(4,6,4,4))
plot(rnorm(100), ylab="")
mtext(side=2, text="Label", las=1, line=2)


On 10/03/2008, JuanCarlos CorreaMorales <jccorreamorales at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi R-users:
>
>   We need to place the y label horizontally on a plot.
>
>   Instead of
>      |
>   l  |
>   a |
>   b |
>   e |
>   l  |
>     |__________
>
>   we want
>            |
>            |
>    label |
>            |
>            |
>            |______________
>
>   We thank you any advice.
>
>   Yours,
>
>
>  Juan Carlos Correa, Ph.D.
>  Profesor Asociado
>  Escuela de Estadística
>  Universidad Nacional-Sede Medellín
>  A.A. 3840
>  Medellín COLOMBIA
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