R: how to label the x-axis of a boxplot

Question

     apple=c(1,2,3,4,5)
     banana=c(5,4,3,2,1)
     watermelon=c(4,5,6,7,8)
     boxplot(apple, banana, watermelon)

If I were to plot this, the x-axis of the boxplot is labeled as 1, 2 and 3. How can I change those to "apple", "banana", and "watermelon," respectively? xlab= labels the entire axis, but not the individual boxplots. Which command/option should I use?

Answer 1

If you read the help file for ?boxplot , you'll see there is a names= parameter.

     boxplot(apple, banana, watermelon, names=c("apple","banana","watermelon"))