[R] n-dash instead of hyphens in plots

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On 26/07/2013 09:36, Anders Sand wrote:
> Dear community,
>
> How do I change the hyphens that appear when using '-' to n-dash in, for
> example, x-axes?
>
> Example code:
> axis(1, c(1:2), c("1-4", "23-26"), tck=.05)

On what device on what platform?   The commonest answer would be

'if you want en-dash not hyphen, ask for en-dash and not hyphen'

en-dash is "\u2013" where that is supported.


>
> Thanks
> Anders
>
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> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.

This did ask for 'at a minimum' information and no HTML.


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