[R] How can I write the square root symbol in an axes label?

[David Winsemius]

On Oct 9, 2012, at 11:13 AM, 21rosit wrote:

> And how can I write the units of my axis but outside the square root symbol
> I have
> 
> plot(1:10, ylab=bquote(Log(sqrt("Total area (mm)")))) 
> 
> but I need it as in the attached picture
> <http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/file/n4645602/square_root_mm1.jpg> 


plot(1:10, ylab=bquote(Log(sqrt("Total area")~"(mm)")))

The tilde generates a space, while no space would occur if you substituted "*" for the "~".
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David Winsemius, MD
Alameda, CA, USA