Delightfully straightforward! Thanks.
On Feb 16, 2008, at 5:15 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> On 16/02/2008 4:51 PM, Michael Kubovy wrote:
>> Dear R-helpers,
>> > label2 <- expression(paste(italic(attraction function:), 'slope'))
>> Error: unexpected 'function' in "label2 <-
>> expression(paste(italic(attraction function"
>> How do I tell R that in this case I don't want 'function' to be
>> treated as a reserved word but as a string in italics?
>
> Just put it in quotes. In fact, I think italic("attraction") looks
> better than italic(attraction), so you may want to do this more
> generally.
>
> For example,
>
> plot(1, main=expression(paste(italic("attraction function: "),
> "slope")))
>
> Duncan Murdoch
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