[R] How to use parentheses and degree symbol together?

[Patrick Connolly]

On Tue, 26-Mar-2013 at 04:20PM +0900, Pascal Oettli wrote:

|> Hi,
|> 
|> Is it what you are looking for?
|> 
|> plot(0, 0, pch = "")
|> text(0, .5, expression(Temperature~(degree ~ C)))

That produces an unwanted space between the degree symbol and the C.
The search continues.

Thanks

|> text(0, .4, substitute(paste(Temperature, B * degree, "C)"), list(B
|> = " (")))
|> 
|> Hope this help,
|> Pascal
|> 
|> 
|> 
|> On 26/03/13 16:12, Patrick Connolly wrote:
|> >I'm interested in using a regular bracket with the degree symbol as an
|> >axis label but it's somewhat simpler to show what I mean in a text
|> >statement.
|> >
|> >>plot(0, 0, pch = "")
|> >
|> >If I'm easy to please, this would suffice:
|> >>text(0, .5, expression(Temperature * degree ~ C))
|> >
|> >But I'm not that easily pleased.  I prefer it to look like this:
|> >>text(0, .4, substitute(paste(Temperature, B * degree, "C)"), list(B = " (")))
|> >
|> >It looks fine, but I'm sure there's a more elegant way to do it.
|> >
|> >Is there?
|> >
|> >

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