[R] Turn off border on barplot

[Paul Murrell]

Hi


Marc Schwartz wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 16:13 -0400, Frank McCown wrote:
>> I was wondering if there was any way to completely remove the borders 
>> around each bar when using the barplot function.  I understand how to 
>> change the color of the border (border="white"), but I need the border 
>> to be invisible so I can plot many skinny bars right next to each other 
>> with only the bar's color visible.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Frank
> 
> You can try:
> 
>  # Set line type to blank
>  # See ?par
>  # First save current value
>  lty.o <- par("lty")
> 
>  par(lty = 0)
> 
>  # Also set space to 0, rather
>  # than default 0.2, if needed for more room
>  barplot(1:10, space = 0)
> 
>  # Reset to old value
>  par(lty = lty.o)


or ...

barplot(1:10, border=NA)

Paul


> Depending upon the "look" you need, setting space to 0 may be sufficient
> and still allow you to enable a border.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Marc Schwartz
> 
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