Hi:

Here's one way:

 plot(1~1,ylab=expression("Areas ("~mu*m^2~")"))

The tildes incorporate space between the math and text elements; they're
optional, but useful. Another way that also works is

plot(1~1,ylab=expression(paste("Areas (", mu*m^2, ")", sep = ' ')))

HTH,
Dennis

On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Lizblip <home-sick_alien@hotmail.com>wrote:

>
>
> Duncan Murdoch-2 wrote:
> >
> >
> > There is no plotmath function.  "plotmath" is the name of the help
> > topic; it describes how various other functions plot text that includes
> > math.
> >
> >
> > grDevices is a base package, so if you've got R, you've got it.
> >
> > Duncan Murdoch
> >
> >
>
> ok thanks.
>
> I originally thought this was the case and first tried:
>
> > plot(areas~cell,ylab=expression("Areas (mu*m^2"))
>
> but the text wasn't re-formatted so I thought plotmath must be a separate
> function. How is it supposed to work?
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