axis.mult {plotrix}R Documentation

Display an axis with values having a multiplier

Description

An axis is displayed on an existing plot where the tick values are divided by a multiplier and the multiplier is displayed next to the axis.

Usage

 axis.mult(side=1,at=NULL,labels,mult=1,mult.label,mult.line,
  mult.labelpos=NULL,...)

Arguments

side which side to display
at where to place the tick marks - defaults to axTicks()
labels tick labels - defaults to at/mult
mult the multiplier factor
mult.label the label to show the multiplier - defaults to "x mult"
mult.line the margin line upon which to show the multiplier
mult.labelpos where to place mult.label - defaults to centered and outside the axis tick labels
... additional arguments passed to axis.

Details

axis.mult automates the process of displaying an axis with a multiplier applied to the tick values. By default it will divide the default axis tick labels by mult and place mult.label where xlab or ylab would normally appear. Thus the plot call should set the relevant label to an empty string in such cases. It is simplest to call plot with axes=FALSE and then display the box and any standard axes before calling axis.mult.

Value

nil

Note

While axis.mult will try to display an axis on any side, the top and right margins will require adjustment using par for axis.mult to display properly.

Author(s)

Jim Lemon

See Also

axis, mtext

Examples

 plot(1:10*0.001,1:10*100,axes=FALSE,xlab="",ylab="",main="Axis multipliers")
 box()
 axis.mult(1,mult=0.001)
 axis.mult(2,mult=100)

[Package plotrix version 2.7-2 Index]