[R] degree sign

[Uwe Ligges]

On 18.03.2016 21:58, Cathy Lee Gierke wrote:
> I have searched and tried many things but cannot get anything to work.  I
> just want to print out a degree sign after a the Orthophase number.
>
> The following list of "xl" values are all ones I have tried.  Granted they
> are not what I want, but I have tried them all, and none of them print out
> a degree symbol...
>
> #                   xl = expression(paste("Orthophase [", {
> #                   }^o, "]"))
>                    #xl<-~degree~C
>                    #xl<-parse(text = ~degree)
>                    #xl<-parse(text = paste(" ", "~degree", sep = ""))
>                    #xl<-expression(~degree)
>                    xl <- parse(text = paste(Orthophase[i,j], "*degree ~ S",
> sep = ""))
>
>
>                    printXlab<-paste("Orthophase    ",Orthophase[i,j],xl,"
>    ")
>
> plot(MyData$time.hour[plotData],newData[plotData],type="l", xaxt="n",
> xlab=printXlab,.....


It has to be an expression, you must not use paste() around it:

plot(MyData$time.hour[plotData], newData[plotData], type="l", xaxt="n",
      xlab = expression("Orthophase    " * Orthophase[i,j] * degree))

Best,
Uwe Ligges




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