Superscript followed by number then superscript in text

Thanks to Dennis, Thomas and Rui - I was missing the "~".

Many thanks,

Ben Gillespie
Research Postgraduate
Hi:

plot(1, 1)
text(1, 0.8, expression("capacity"~10^3~"m"^3))

Dennis

On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Benjamin Gillespie <gybrg at leeds.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm having problems finding the correct format for a command.
>
> I would like to write some text on a plot.
>
> I'm using the following command:
>
> text(x,y,"text here", srt=90)
>
> I would like the text to read:
>
> capacity 10^3 m^3
>
> (with ^ denoting superscript (i.e. each '3' as superscript).
>
> I've tried fiddling around with expression(paste(etc.... to no avail. I receive errors such as: "Error: unexpected numeric constant..."
>
> Anyone had experience with this before? Any suggestions would be great.
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
> Ben Gillespie
> Research Postgraduate
>
> School of Geography
> University of Leeds
> Leeds
> LS2 9JT
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