Hi: Try X <- rnorm(100) hist(X, main = bquote('[Ca'^'2+'*']i'~'onsets'), xlab = 'sec')
or hist(X, main = bquote('[Ca*]'*i^'2+' ~'onsets'), xlab = 'sec') I'm not sure which one you want, though. HTH, Dennis On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 4:01 AM, DrCJones <matthias.godd...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Hi, > > How can I get the '2+' into superscript in the following title: > > '[Ca2+]i onsets' > > I tried the command below, but it doesn't work. What am I missing? > > hist(X, main=expression(([Ca*]i^2+) 'onsets'), xlab = 'sec') > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/superscript-characters-in-title-with-tp3006981p3006981.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > [[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.