?mtext, also ?barplot since barplot returns midpoints of the bars. also ?rep for setting up a vector of repeating values.
something like this: xLabels<-c(rep("2003",4),rep("2005",11),rep("2006",5)) midPoints<-barplot(<your original statements here>) mtext(xLabels,side=1,at=apply(midPoints,2,mean)) On 9/11/06, Christian Oswald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I have made a barplot with some data and need a description below the > x-axis. For example there are 20 values and I need a description "2003" > for the first four values, then "2005" for the next eleven and "2006" > for the last five values. > > I want the description below the x-axis-labels and above the x-axis title. > > Thanks, > > Christian > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.