[R] line argument in mtext for axis ?

[Daren Tan]

Thanks, I should learn to read deeper into the help page next time. :)

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Annette Heisswolf
<annette.heisswolf at utu.fi> wrote:
> Hei,
>
> As far as I understand your question, you might want to check the settings
> of par(mgp), which has three elements. According to ?par mgp sets  "The
> margin line (in mex units) for the axis title, axis labels and axis line.
> Note that mgp[1] affects title whereas mgp[2:3] affect axis. The default is
> c(3, 1, 0)." According to ?axis the value of par("mgp")[2] is used to place
> the tick labels. Thus, changing the default to the value of your choice
> might do what you want.
>
> Hope that helps,
> Annette
>
> Daren Tan schrieb:
>>
>> Previously, I wasn't aware that axis() supports "las" arguments, and
>> as a result, I used axis() for the ticks and mtext() to rotate the
>> labels perpendicular to the axis. Now, I hope to cleanup my codes by
>> combining the axis() and mtext() codes into a single axis(), the only
>> issue is that much of my mtext() codes set the "line" argument to some
>> values. The "line" argument in axis() doesn't work the same way
>> according to the help page, is there an equivalent argument in axis()
>> that functions identically to the "line" argument in mtext() ?
>>
>>
>> 2009/4/6 Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>:
>>>
>>> Daren Tan wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Is there a similar argument for axis that controls the position of
>>>> labels via line argument in mtext ?
>>>
>>> At least in my version of the help page of mtext() everything about that
>>> is
>>> described. What is your problem with ?mtext and the "line" argument?
>>>
>>> Uwe Ligges
>
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