Position of y axis labels in plot graphic

Hi Nico,

Far from the most elegant solution, at least it works and will give you plenty of freedom to choose where to place the labels:

plot.zoo(x, type="l", main="", xlab="", ylab="",yaxt="n", xaxs="i"); title(main="Title", xlab="index")
mtext(names(x)[1],2,line=1,at=0.9)
mtext(names(x)[2],2,line=1,at=0.6)
mtext(names(x)[3],2,line=1,at=0.35)
mtext(names(x)[4],2,line=1,at=0.1)

Hope it helps,

Jos?



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-----Original Message-----
From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Nicolai Schneider
Sent: 10 September 2012 16:24
To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: [R] Position of y axis labels in plot graphic

Hello,

I?m really sorry to bother you with this problem but it took me a whole day searching for a solution.

I want the y axis labels positioned closer to the y axis, by default they are partly outside the window.


Example:

x <- as.zoo(EuStockMarkets)

par(las=1)

plot.zoo(x, type="l", main="", xlab="", yaxt="n", xaxs="i")
title(main="Title", xlab="index")

par(las=0)


Thanks in advance!


Best,
Nico