[R] Additional polymath query

Bert Gunter bgunter.4567 at gmail.com
Sat Jan 2 18:38:11 CET 2016


Quote the unicode -- it's just a way to write a text character:

bquote(AUC[0-infinity]~(ng/ml~"\u25CF"~hours)


Cheers,
Bert
Bert Gunter

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On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 8:52 AM, Fisher Dennis <fisher at plessthan.com> wrote:
> R 3.2
> OS X
>
> Colleagues
>
> Yesterday, I asked:
>         I have a polymath label for a graphic:
>                 bquote(AUC[0-infinity]~(ng/ml~x~hours))
>         I would like the “x” to be replaced with a bullet.
>
> David Winsemius provided an answer:
>         %.%
> (which is also known as “cdot”)
>
> That works but the dot is small — I would prefer something bolder.
> Further searching led to the following:
>         plot(1, xlab="\u25CF")
>
> Now I can’t figure out how to incorporate
>         \u25CF
> into the original command (to replace the “x” below):
>         bquote(AUC[0-infinity]~(ng/ml~x~hours))
>
> As much as I enjoy plotmath, it remains a bit of a mystery to me.  Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Dennis
>
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