Thanks. That works great if I do this: title(sub=bquote(italic(p)-value == .(p.val)))
But if I add text to the beginning e.g. title(sub=bquote(Log rank test italic(p)-value == .(p.val))) I get an error message saying, Error: syntax error, unexpected SYMBOL, expecting ',' in "title(sub=bquote(Log rank" Dan Gabor Grothendieck wrote: > Try bquote as in: > > http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e2/help/07/09/26353.html > > On 10/10/07, Daniel Brewer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am trying to get a title on a plot that contains both some formatting >> and prints the value of an object. What I have been using to get the >> italics is: >> >> title(sub=expression(paste("Log-rank test ",italic("p"),"-value = ",p.val))) >> >> But this prints "p.val" rather than the object value. I have tried >> various combinations of paste and expression but it seems that to get >> the italic expression function has to be called first. >> >> Any ideas on how to get round this problem? >> >> Thanks >> >> Dan -- ************************************************************** Daniel Brewer, Ph.D. Institute of Cancer Research Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************** The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, a charitable Company Limited by Guarantee, Registered in England under Company No. 534147 with its Registered Office at 123 Old Brompton Road, London SW7 3RP. This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the a...{{dropped:2}} ______________________________________________ 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.