[R] Specifying relative position of text in a plot

Henrique Dallazuanna wwwhsd at gmail.com
Wed Mar 12 15:58:35 CET 2008


Try this:

plot(rnorm(100))
text(diff(par("usr")[1:2])/10, sum(par("usr")[3:4])/2, labels="Test")


On 12/03/2008, Tom La Bone <booboo at gforcecable.com> wrote:
>
>  What is the simplest way to specify the location of text in a scatter plot
>  (created using the plot function) in relative terms rather than specific x-y
>  coordinates? For example, rather than putting text at (300,49) on a plot,
>  how do I put it 1/10 of the way over from the y axis and 1/2 of the way up
>  from the x axis? Thanks.
>
>  Tom
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