Thanks a lot. However it's not completely what I want. There is space
missing between the variable and the mu. Can this be added?

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Miguel Manese <jjonphl@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Dominik,
>
> You can try
>
> x <- 5
> plot(rnorm(50), main=bquote(.(x) * mu * g/m^3 * " substance"))
>
> Regards,
>
> - Jon
>
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Dominik Refardt
> <dominik.refardt@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > This is a problem I encountered repeatedly and I found no answer that
> made
> > me really happy. I hope it is not too trivial.
> >
> > I would like to give the concentration of a substance in a plot title:
> >
> > 5 ug/ml substance
> >
> > the '5' would be a variable and the ug should be micrograms (with greek
> > letter mu). It is the mu that causes the problems for me. I failed using
> > various combinations of paste, expression and bquote. I would be very
> > grateful if someone could help me (or point me to the solution, which I
> > might have overlooked).
> >
> > Thank you very much
> >
> > Dominik
> >
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