Try this:

par(mar = c(max(strwidth(names(x)) * 2.54, 4,4,2))
barplot(x, las = 3)


On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Thomas Kaliwe <hamstersquats@web.de> wrote:

> Dear members,
>
> Is there a way to turn a strwidth of a string into a number of lines that
> ist needed to display the string when using par(mar = c(?,4,4,2))
>
> ####
> x = 1:5
> names(x) = c("ZZZZZ","ZZZZZzzzzz","ZZZlllll","TTTTT","Zzhtsddfg" )
> par(mfrow = c(1,2))
> par(mar = c(8,4,4,2))
> barplot(x, las = 3, main = "8 is to much")
> par(mar = c(4,4,4,2))
> barplot(x, las = 3, main = "4 is not enough")
> ###
>
>
> strwidth2lines...
>
>
> regards
>
> Thomas Kaliwe
>
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