BTW, for your amusement,
ylab = ~ frac(additive ~ HCO[3]^"-",
true ~ HCO[3]^"-" ))
also should work. The reason is (from ?plotmath):
"In most cases other language objects (names and calls, including
formulas) are coerced to expressions and so can also be used."
Cheers,
Bert
On Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 8:33 AM Bert Gunter <bgunter.4...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ... or if I understand correctly, simply
>
> expression(frac(additive ~ HCO[3]^"-",
> true ~ HCO[3]^"-" )))
>
> Cheers,
> Bert
>
> On Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 3:06 AM Rui Barradas <ruipbarra...@sapo.pt> wrote:
>>
>> Às 10:01 de 02/02/2024, Troels Ring escreveu:
>> > Hi friends - I'm plotting a ratio of bicarbonates i ggplot2 and
>> >
>> > ylab(expression(paste(frac("additive BIC","true BIC")))) worked OK - but
>> > now I have been asked to put the chemistry instead - so I wrote
>> >
>> > ylab(expression(paste(frac("additive",HCO[3]^"-","true",HCO[3]^"-"))))
>> > - and frac saw that as additive = numerator and HCO3- = denominator and
>> > the rest was ignored-
>> >
>> > So how do I make frac ignore the first "," and print the fraction as I
>> > want?
>> >
>> >
>> > All best wishes
>> > Troels
>> >
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>> Hello,
>>
>> This seems to work. Instead of separating the two numerator strings with
>> a comma, separate them with a tilde. The same goes for the denominator.
>> And there is no need for double quotes around "additive" and "true".
>>
>>
>> library(ggplot2)
>>
>> g <- ggplot(iris, aes(Sepal.Length, Sepal.Width, color = Species)) +
>> geom_point()
>>
>> g + ylab(expression(paste(frac(
>> additive~HCO[3]^"-",
>> true~HCO[3]^"-"
>> ))))
>>
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> Rui Barradas
>>
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