Hi, Try this,
> x= "my title" > plot(1,1, main = bquote(italic(.(x)))) HTH, baptiste 2009/10/6 Jacob Kasper <jacobkas...@gmail.com>: > Part of my script reads: > > speciesName <- names(data)[i] > plot(year,depth, xlab="Year", > ylab="Depth(m)",main=expression(italic(paste(speciesName))) ) > > Unfortunately, this just plots *speciesName *on my graph, not the name of > the species in italics. Any suggestions on how to resolve this? > > Thank you > Jacob > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.