Thanks, that works but what are the coordinates of "at" in the y-direction? On which y-position mtext plots?
Christian Jeff Bricker schrieb: > ?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. >> > > > -- Diplom-Ingenieur Christian Oswald Universitaet des Saarlandes Lehrstuhl fuer Pulvertechnologie von Glas und Keramik Gebaude D2 2 D-66123 Saarbruecken Tel.: (+49) 0681/302-5249 Fax.: (+49) 0681/302-5227 ______________________________________________ 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.