How to use plotmath in R

Question

DOLMin<-as.Date("2012-1-1")
DOLMax<-as.Date("2012-12-31")
title<-paste("Claims:",format.Date(DOLMin,"%b %Y"),"\u2264 DOL \u2264",format.Date(DOLMax,"%b %Y"))
plot(1:2,main=title)

The above code creates this meaningless plot enter image description here

My problem is that I cannot build a pdf of this plot because of the way I'm generating my less than or equal to symbols.

How do I recreate the same title using plotmath? Doing so will solve my pdf error issue which I describe here

@Roland I read ?plotmath and still could not figure out how to get my title the way I want it. Can you provide a working solution for my question or at least give me a suggestion other than read ?plotmath — Ben
– Ben, Commented Jan 17, 2014 at 23:00
Thanks. I figure if neither I nor joran can do it without a search of more than the help page you ought to get credit for a relatively difficult question. I consider myself a power user of plotmath but I was stuck. — IRTFM
– IRTFM, Commented Jan 18, 2014 at 0:49

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:32:36Z

4

This was a little tricky:

a <- paste("Claims:",format.Date(DOLMin,"%b %Y"))
b <- format.Date(DOLMax,"%b %Y")
plot(1:2,main=bquote({.(a) <= DOL} <= .(b)))

I actually was not able to do this when I read your question. I figured it out by Googling and using the results from this SO question and then this one.

edited May 23, 2017 at 10:32

CommunityBot

11 silver badge

answered Jan 17, 2014 at 23:38

joran

175k34 gold badges439 silver badges484 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

How to use plotmath in R

1 Answer 1

Comments

Your Answer

Linked

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Linked

Related