i generally work round this problem by increasing the margins to leave more room for labels ( eg with par( mar=c(6, 4, 4, 2) + 0.1 ) ) and then put axis labels in using something like title(xlab='x axis', line=4). Giving xlab="" in plot() is a simple way of suppressing the default xlab.
You can also use par(omd) to change margin space. s ellison ________________________________________ From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Jim Lemon [j...@bitwrit.com.au] Sent: 25 September 2011 12:07 To: p...@pricom.com.au Cc: r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [R] Increase space between xlab and X axis tick labels On 09/25/2011 08:54 PM, Philip Rhoades wrote: > People, > > I am using the "las=2" parameter to rotate the labels for the X axis > ticks but it means that they are almost touching the "xlab" string. I > have been messing around with the "mai" paremeter but that doesn't help > - is there some way of increasing the space between xlab and the X axis > tick labels? > Hi Phil, Have a look at the "hadj" argument in the "axis" function. Perhaps setting this to 1 will set the labels in the correct position. If not, you might have to go to: # allow display outside the plot region par(xpd=TRUE) # plot the labels using the text function text(...) # restore plot region clipping par(xpd=FALSE) Jim ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ******************************************************************* This email and any attachments are confidential. Any use...{{dropped:8}} ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
