[R] move axis label text

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, ivo welch wrote:

> dear R wizards:  sorry, I am stumped.  what is the parameter to just
> move the location of the x-label and y-lable (not the labels on the
> ticks of the x-axis and y-axis)?  probably obvious, but not to me
> right now... regards,  /iaw

They are all done by par(mgp):  ?title does say so.

     'mgp' The margin line (in 'mex' units) for the axis title, axis
          labels and axis line. The default is 'c(3, 1, 0)'.


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