[R] Position of y axis labels in plot graphic

[MacQueen, Don]

Either way, there is a par() parameter to control the axis and label title
position.
Look at the entry for 'mgp' in ?par

-Don

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On 9/10/12 2:17 PM, "David Winsemius" <dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote:

>
>On Sep 10, 2012, at 8:24 AM, Nicolai Schneider wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I´m really sorry to bother you with this problem but it took me a whole
>>day searching for a solution.
>> 
>> I want the y axis labels positioned closer to the y axis, by default
>>they are partly outside the window.
>> 
>> 
>> Example:
>> 
>> x <- as.zoo(EuStockMarkets)
>> 
>> par(las=1)
>> 
>> plot.zoo(x, type="l", main="", xlab="", yaxt="n", xaxs="i")
>> title(main="Title", xlab="index")
>> 
>> par(las=0)
>
>I could be wrong, but I think you need to specify xaxt="n" to suppress
>the standard axis and then use axis to supply your own choices.
>
>-- 
>
>David Winsemius, MD
>Alameda, CA, USA
>
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