[R] barplot

[Jan Malte Wiener]

Ko-Kang Kevin Wang wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <alexander.schnee at tuebingen.mpg.de>
> To: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 1:33 AM
> Subject: [R] barplot
> 
> 
> 
>>Hi,
>>a couple of simple graphics questions:
>>
>>1. I have a little function that makes bar plots. Now I would like to
>>limit the Y-axis outside this
>>function (that means after calling the barplot() command) depending on
>>the data to be plotted .
>>Does anyone know how to do this ???
> 
> 
> Perhaps try the barplot() function that already exist in R?
> 
> It already allows you to set the axis limt (ylim and xlim).
> 
> 
>>2. When using barplot() and limiting the yAxis, R draws the bars below
>>the x-axis. How can I avoid this problem ??
> 
> 
> Again, it shouldn't happen.  The codes below are directly extracted from the
> barplot() documentation:
> 
> data(VADeaths, package = "base")
> hh <- t(VADeaths)[, 5:1]
> mybarcol <- "gray20"
> mp <- barplot(hh, beside = TRUE,
>               col = c("lightblue", "mistyrose",
>                 "lightcyan", "lavender"),
>               legend = colnames(VADeaths), ylim= c(0,100),
>               main = "Death Rates in Virginia", font.main = 4,
>               sub = "Faked upper 2*sigma error bars", col.sub = mybarcol,
>               cex.names = 1.5)
> 
> It works.  Try changing the "ylim = c(0, 100)" to other limits, it still
> works!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ko-Kang Wang


Well, unfortunately changing ylim does not work properly, try changing 
it to ylim= c(30,100) and look at the plot !!!

Also I am using the barplot() function that already exists, I have just 
build a function around it (this function calculates and plots also 
stderror bars and ....). Now I would like to change the ylim from 
outside this function (after calling the function that calls tha R 
barplot function)...

greetinx jan

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