[R] evaluate variable within expression - how?

[Peter Ehlers]

Try

text(.5, .5, bquote(bold(.(myText))))

  -Peter Ehlers

Mark Heckmann wrote:
> #  I want to plot bold text. The text should depend on a variable  
> containing a character string.
> 
> plot.new()
> text(.5, .5, expression(bold("Some text")))
> 
> # now I would like to do the same replacing "some text" by a variable.
> 
> plot.new()
> myText <- "some text"
> text(.5, .5, expression(bold(myText)))
> 
> # This obviouyls does not work.
> # How can I combine substitute, parse, paste etc. do get what I want?
> # And could someone add a brief explanation what happens, as I find  
> parse, expression, deparse, substitute etc. not easy to understand.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark
> 
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Peter Ehlers
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