Re: [R] Background colour of axis

l Lacerda > Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 8:21 AM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Background colour of axis > > Hi, > > I would like to be able to shade the background of part of an axis. To > illustrate, consider the following code: > > par(xaxt="n&quo

[R] Background colour of axis

Hi, I would like to be able to shade the background of part of an axis. To illustrate, consider the following code: par(xaxt="n") x=1:10 y=rnorm(10,0,1) plot(x,y,type="l",xlab=NA) mtext(text=LETTERS[1:10], side=1, at=1:10) How can I make the background behind, say, "G H I" on the x-axis red? I h