[R] ggplot2: sub/super-script axes labels

stephen sefick ssefick at gmail.com
Wed Oct 15 15:15:05 CEST 2008


?mathplot
but this should work:

qplot(1:10,1:10)+scale_y_continuous(expression("Respiration, pmol  "*O[2]*h^-1))

On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 7:45 AM, Adam Marsh <amarsh at udel.edu> wrote:
> How are sub/superscripts designated for text in axis labels?  As in
> this y-axis label:
>
>        scale_y_continuous("Respiration, pmol O2 h-1")
>
> where the "2" needs to be subscripted and the "-1" needs to be
> superscripted.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Adam
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