[R] characters, mathematical expressions and computed values

[S Ellison]

> [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of William Dunlap
> Subject: Re: [R] characters, mathematical expressions and computed values
> 
> I think that bquote, with its .() operator, suffices for 
> [almost?] any single title;
> ...
> E.g.,
>   hist(new, main=bquote("Heart Attack (" * bar(X)==.(mean(new)) * ")")) 

In this instance, using 
hist(new, main=bquote( "Heart Attack  " * (bar(X) ==.( mean(new) )) ) )

improves the parentheses slightly, as it uses plotmath parentheses instead of forcing text parentheses. 

Otherwise I agree completely; bquote is a neat way of doing the job.

S Ellison

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