Hi:

I presume you mean

x1<-c(1.2,2,3)
y <- 'x1'
plot(1:3, get(y), ylab = y)

??

HTH,
Dennis

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 4:44 AM, Paul Chatfield <p.s.chatfi...@reading.ac.uk
> wrote:

>
> Simple problem - I want the ylab to automatically pick up x1 rather than
> having to define x1 in the plot statement.
>
> x1<-c(1.2,2,3);x2<-c(1,2.1,2.6)
> y<-x1
> plot(1:3,y, ylab="x1")
>
> There must be a way of accessing the name x1 somehow, but unfortunately I
> don't know how to search for it.  Any help would be great,
>
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