[R] Rotation of axis labels

[Sven Garbade]

Uwe Ligges wrote:
> 
> Sven Garbade wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I can I rotate the x-axis labels 45 degree in clockwise direction? I`ve
> > tried
> >
> > > axis(1, ..., las=2)
> >
> > but this gives labels vertical to the axis, and las=0 or las=1 always
> > parallel axis labels.
> 
> I think that's not possible with axis().
> 
> One way is to use text() as in this quick hack:
> 
>  plot(x, y, xaxt="n")
>  axis(1, labels=FALSE)
>  pr <- pretty(x)
>  par(xpd=TRUE)
>  text(pr, par("usr")[3], pr, adj=0, srt=-90)
> 
> Surely that's not perfect!

Thanks, with some modifications this works perfecly for me.

By, Sven
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