[R] \n and italic() in legend()

[Marc Girondot]

Hi,
Thanks a lot to Duncan Mackay for the trick using atop() [but the 
legends are centered and not left aligned] and also for the suggestion 
of William Michels to use simply ",". However this last solution 
prevents to use several legends.

Here is a solution to allow both return within a legend and several legends:
plot(1, 1)
v1 <- c(expression(italic("p")*"-value"), expression("based on 
"*italic("t")*"-test"))
v2 <- c(expression(italic("w")*"-value for A"), expression("and B 
identical models"))
legend("topright", legend=c(v1, v2), lty=c(1, 0, 1, 0), y.intersp = 1, 
bty="n", col=c("black", "", "red", ""))

Thanks again

Marc


Le 29/12/2016 à 10:54, Duncan Mackay a écrit :
> Hi Marc
>
> Try atop
>
> plot(1, 1)
> v1 <- expression(atop(italic("p")*"-value","based on "*italic("t")*"-test"))
> legend("topright", legend=v1, y.intersp = 3, bty="n")
>
>
> Regards
>
> Duncan
>
> Duncan Mackay
> Department of Agronomy and Soil Science
> University of New England
> Armidale NSW 2351
> Email: home: mackay at northnet.com.au
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> Subject: [R] \n and italic() in legend()
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Could someone help me to get both \n (return) and italic() in a legend.
> Here is a little example showing what I would like (but without the
> italic) and second what I get:
>
> plot(1, 1)
> v1 <- "p-value\nbased on t-test"
> legend("topright", legend=v1, y.intersp = 3, bty="n")
>
> plot(1, 1)
> v1 <- expression(italic("p")*"-value\nbased on "*italic("t")*"-test")
> legend("topright", legend=v1, y.intersp = 3, bty="n")
>
> The second one shows :
>
> -value
> pbased on t-test
>
> rather than the expected:
>
> p-value
> based on t-test
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Marc
>
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