[R] Simultaneous subscripts and superscripts

[Brian Beckage]

Yep, it looks good on my system as well.  I had tried 
expression(S^2[t]) but not expression(S[t]^2) and the order matters.

Thanks for the help.

Brian





Brian

At 1:44 PM -0400 8/9/04, Liaw, Andy wrote:
>expression(S[t]^2) looks pretty good for me (on windows()).
>
>Andy
>
>>  From: Brian Beckage
>>
>>  Dear List,
>>
>>  I'd like to add text to a plot where a text symbol has both a
>>  superscript and subscript.  For example, the variable S with a
>>  superscript 2 and a subscript t.  I have been able to accomplish this
>>  using either
>>
>>  expression( paste(S,atop(scriptstyle(2),scriptstyle(t))) )
>>
>>  or
>>
>>  expression( {S[t]}^2 )
>>
>>  but the spacing isn't quite right (or rather what I'd like) using
>>  either of these.  By 'right' I mean the placement and spacing don't
>>  quite coincide with what I'd expect if I superimposed S^2 with S[t].
>>  Is there a way to place BOTH a subscript and superscript so that they
>>  are placed identically as if I had overlayed S^2 and S[t]?
>>
>>  I'm using R 1.9.0 on Mac OSX.
>>
>>  Thanks,
>>  Brian
>>
>>
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