“usr”这个参数

问题:

在很多地方都有看到这个参数，比如
text(par("usr")[1]+5, par("usr")[4] + 12,"NBA per game performance of top 50corers",xpd=TRUE,font=2,cex=1.5)

解答:

Once a plot has been created, par( "usr" ) returns a vector with the extreme coordinates of the user’s plotting region. These can be used to place text and legends into a corner of a plot. The coordinates are, in order, xleft, xright, ybottom, and ytop. Note the use of the adj parameter in the calls to the text() function; these adjust the position of the text. 

##  Create the plot. This sets the "usr" coordinates.
plot( 1:10 )
##  par( "usr" ) returns a vector containing xleft, xright, ybottom, ytop.
usr <- par( "usr" )
##  Place the text. Note the use of the adj parameter.
##  Left top corner:
text( usr[ 1 ], usr[ 4 ], "left top",     adj = c( 0, 1 ), col = "blue" )
##  Left bottom corner:
text( usr[ 1 ], usr[ 3 ], "left bottom",  adj = c( 0, 0 ), col = "blue" )
##  Right top corner:
text( usr[ 2 ], usr[ 4 ], "right top",    adj = c( 1, 1 ), col = "blue" )
##  Right bottom corner:
text( usr[ 2 ], usr[ 3 ], "right bottom", adj = c( 1, 0 ), col = "blue" )