Hi Daisy,

Try it without paste():

> plot(1, col = 'white')
> text(1,1, b_unit,cex=1)

HTH,
Jorge


On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 10:45 PM, Daisy Englert Duursma <> wrote:

> Hello help,
>
> I have changed around some graphing code and made it into a function.
> Previously they y label of the axis was inserted as text in its own
> layout box.
>
> text(1,1, expression(~degree~C),cex=1)
>
> This worked great and resulted in the symbol for degree.
>
> In the function, I have changed it so:
>
> text(1,1,paste(b_unit),cex=1)
>
> and
>
> b_unit<-expression(~degree~C)
>
> This now inserts ~degree~C instead of the symbol.
>
>
> Any advice?
>
> Thanks,
> Daisy
>
>
>
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