plotrix (version 3.8-4)

staxlab: Place staggered or angled labels on an axis

Description

Places labels on an axis in a regular staggered order or at an angle

Usage

staxlab(side=1,at,labels,nlines=2,top.line=0.5,line.spacing=0.8,
  srt=NULL,ticklen=0.03,adj=1,...)

Value

nil

Arguments

side

axis on which to place the labels, as in axis

at

where to place the labels in user units, as in axis

labels

text strings

nlines

How many lines to use to stagger the labels.

top.line

Distance from the axis to place the first line of text.

line.spacing

Spacing between lines of text labels.

srt

Text rotation.

ticklen

Proportion of plot height in user units to place text below the plot.

adj

horizontal adjustment of the labels.

...

Additional arguments to be passed to mtext or text.

Author

Jim Lemon (thanks to Tim Elwell-Sutton for the log axis fix)

See Also

mtext

Examples

 x<-rnorm(12)
 plot(x,axes=FALSE)
 box()
 months<-c("January","February","March","April","May","June",
  "July","August","September","October","November","December")
 staxlab(1,1:12,months)
 plot(x,axes=FALSE)
 box()
 staxlab(1,1:12,months,srt=45)
 ylabels<-round(seq(min(x),max(x),length.out=10),3)
 staxlab(2,ylabels,ylabels,srt=45)