[R] identifying what labels have been created in a plot

[jim holtman]

It might be easier to generate the plot without the y-axis and then
add you data with 'axis' using whatever tick marks you want.

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Dennis Fisher <fisher at plessthan.com> wrote:
> Colleagues
>
> R 2.8.0; OS X, Vista, Ubuntu Linux
>
> In some instances, when I create a graphic using plot(XVAR, YVAR), it would
> be valuable to know the values that R will display on the y-axis (e.g., if
> the range of data is 0-70, it might display 0, 10, 30, 50, 70).   Is there a
> simple means to access these values?
>
> Also, in some instances, additional ticks appear between the displayed
> values (in this case, at 20, 40, 60).  Can I obtain the list of the
> positions of all ticks?
>
> Access to this information permits me to tailor the ticks and labels in a
> particular manner.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Dennis
>
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