plotrix (version 2.7-2)

staxlab: Place staggered labels on an axis

Description

Places labels on an axis in a regular staggered order

Usage

staxlab(side=1,at,labels,nlines=2,top.line=0.5,line.spacing=0.8,...)

Arguments

side

axis on which to place the labels, as in axis

at

where to place the labels in user units, as in axis

labels

text strings

nlines

How many lines to use to stagger the labels.

top.line

Distance from the axis to place the first line of text.

line.spacing

Spacing between lines of text labels.

...

Additional arguments to be passed to mtext.

Value

• nil

See Also

mtext

Examples

plot(rnorm(12),axes=FALSE)
 box()
 months<-c("January","February","March","April","May","June",
  "July","August","September","October","November","December")
 staxlab(1,1:12,months)