Thanks Jim! And it does work!! Zhaoming
-----Original Message----- From: jim holtman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 5:26 PM To: Wang, Zhaoming (NIH/NCI) [C] Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] How to align the text in the legend try this when plotting the legend: plot(...) par(family='mono') legend('topright', legend=....) This should use fixed width fonts for your legend. On Nov 29, 2007 4:20 PM, Wang, Zhaoming (NIH/NCI) [C] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can you give me a little more in detail? I'm new to this. > Thanks > Zhaoming > > > -----Original Message----- > From: jim holtman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 4:05 PM > To: Wang, Zhaoming (NIH/NCI) [C] > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] How to align the text in the legend > > Have you tried a non-proportional font like Courier? > > On Nov 29, 2007 12:14 PM, Wang, Zhaoming (NIH/NCI) [C] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I tried to align lines of text in the legend of a plot. It always > > defaults to the central alignment. How can I adjust it to be left > > alignment? > > > > Here is the code fragment written in python using Rpy module: > > > > > > > > text = 'Quantiles #Loci\n' > > > > text += '%s %6d\n' % (' 100',totalloci) > > > > text += '%s %6d\n' % (' 95',per95cntloci) > > > > text += '%s %6d\n' % (' 50',per50cntloci) > > > > r.legend(20,30,text,cex=0.6,bty='n') > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Zhaoming > > > > > > [[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. > > > > > > -- > Jim Holtman > Cincinnati, OH > +1 513 646 9390 > > What is the problem you are trying to solve? > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ 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.