[R] How to use parentheses and degree symbol together?

[Patrick Connolly]

On Tue, 26-Mar-2013 at 05:05PM +0900, Pascal Oettli wrote:

|> Hi,
|> 
|> You are right. The following should solve that problem:
|> 
|> plot(0, 0, pch = "")
|> text(0, .5, expression(Temperature~(degree*C)))

That does it, and is perfectly readable.  Now why didn't I think of that?

I knew there had to be something more elegant than what I had.
Thanks
 


|> 
|> HTH,
|> Pascal
|> 
|> 
|> On 26/03/13 16:55, Patrick Connolly wrote:
|> >On Tue, 26-Mar-2013 at 04:20PM +0900, Pascal Oettli wrote:
|> >
|> >|> Hi,
|> >|>
|> >|> Is it what you are looking for?
|> >|>
|> >|> plot(0, 0, pch = "")
|> >|> text(0, .5, expression(Temperature~(degree ~ C)))
|> >
|> >That produces an unwanted space between the degree symbol and the C.
|> >The search continues.
|> >
|> >Thanks
|> >
|> >|> text(0, .4, substitute(paste(Temperature, B * degree, "C)"), list(B
|> >|> = " (")))
|> >|>
|> >|> Hope this help,
|> >|> Pascal
|> >|>
|> >|>
|> >|>
|> >|> On 26/03/13 16:12, Patrick Connolly wrote:
|> >|> >I'm interested in using a regular bracket with the degree symbol as an
|> >|> >axis label but it's somewhat simpler to show what I mean in a text
|> >|> >statement.
|> >|> >
|> >|> >>plot(0, 0, pch = "")
|> >|> >
|> >|> >If I'm easy to please, this would suffice:
|> >|> >>text(0, .5, expression(Temperature * degree ~ C))
|> >|> >
|> >|> >But I'm not that easily pleased.  I prefer it to look like this:
|> >|> >>text(0, .4, substitute(paste(Temperature, B * degree, "C)"), list(B = " (")))
|> >|> >
|> >|> >It looks fine, but I'm sure there's a more elegant way to do it.
|> >|> >
|> >|> >Is there?
|> >|> >
|> >|> >
|> >

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