mtext {base}

R Documentation

Write text into the margins of a plot

Description

text is written in one of the four margins (side) of the plot. line measures the distance outwardly in character size units.

Usage

mtext(text, side=3, line=0, outer=FALSE, at=NULL, ...)

Arguments

text	character string to be written.
side	on which side of the plot (1=bottom, 2=left, 3=top, 4=right).
line	on which MARgin line, starting at 0 counting outwards.
outer	use outer margins if available.
at	give location in user-coordinates.
...	Further graphical parameters; currently supported are:
adj	length = 1 or 2 : adjustment in x- (and optionally y-) direction.
cex	character expansion factor (default = 1).
col	color to use.
font	font for text.

Side Effects

The given text is written onto the current plot.

See Also

title, text, plot.

Examples

plot(1:10, (-4:5)^2, main="Parabola Points", xlab="xlab")
mtext("10 of them")
for(s in c(1:2,4))
    mtext(paste("mtext(..,side=",s,")"), side=s)
mtext("mtext(.., line= -2)", line = -2)
mtext("mtext(.., line= -1, adj = 0)", line = -1, adj =0)
##--- log axis :
plot(1:10, exp(1:10), log='y', main="log='y'", xlab="xlab")
for(s in 1:4) mtext(paste("mtext(..,side=",s,")"), side=s)

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