[R] greek letters do not work in expression

[Uwe Ligges]

On 30.07.2017 17:22, Milan Cisty wrote:
> Dear all,
> I appreciate suggestions for following problem. I wrote to RStudio:
> plot(c(1,20),c(1,20), xlab = expression(paste(alfa)))
> or the same happen when I wrote:
> plot(c(1,20),c(1,20), xlab = expression(alfa))

Write "alpha", not "alfa".

Best,
Uwe Ligges


> what happen is, that description under x label is exactly "alpha", not greek
> letter alfa (α).
> Please where should I search problem, or what information to sent to list for
> identification of this problem?
> Thanks,
> Milan
> 
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