barplot {base} | R Documentation

## Bar Plots

### Description

Creates a bar plot with vertical or horizontal bars.

### Usage

    barplot(height, width = 1, space = NULL, names.arg = NULL,
            legend.text = NULL, beside = FALSE, horiz = FALSE,
            col = heat.colors(NR), border = par("fg"),
            main = NULL, sub = NULL, xlab = NULL, ylab = NULL,
            xlim = NULL, ylim = NULL,
            axes = TRUE, axisnames = TRUE, inside = TRUE, plot = TRUE, ...)

### Arguments

`height`

either a vector or matrix of values describing the bars which make up the plot. If `height` is a vector, the plot consists of a sequence of rectangular bars with heights given by the values in the vector. If `height` is a matrix and `beside` is `FALSE` then each bar of the plot corresponds to a column of `height`, with the values in the column giving the heights of stacked ``sub-bars'' making up the bar. If `height` is a matrix and `beside` is `TRUE`, then the values in each column are juxtaposed rather than stacked.

`width` | optional vector of bar widths.

`space`

the amount of space (as a fraction of the average bar width) left before each bar. May be given as a single number or one number per bar. If `height` is a matrix and `beside` is `TRUE`, `space` may be specified by two numbers, where the first is the space between bars in the same group, and the second the space between the groups. If not given explicitly, it defaults to `c(0,1)` if `height` is a matrix and `beside` is `TRUE`, and to 0.2 otherwise.

`names.arg` | a vector of names to be plotted below each bar or group of bars. If this argument is omitted, then the names are taken from the `names` attribute of `height` if this is a vector, or the column names if it is a matrix.
`legend.text` | a vector of text used to construct a legend for the plot. This is only useful when `height` is a matrix. In that case the legend labels should correspond to the rows of `height`.
`beside` | a logical value. If `FALSE`, the columns of `height` are portrayed as stacked bars, and if `TRUE` the columns are portrayed as juxtaposed bars.
`horiz` | a logical value. If `FALSE`, the bars are drawn vertically with the first bar to the left. If `TRUE`, the bars are drawn horizontally with the first at the bottom.
`col` | a vector of colors for the bars or bar components.
`border` | the color to be used for the border of the bars.
`main,sub` | overall and sub title for the plot.
`xlab` | a label for the x axis.
`ylab` | a label for the y axis.
`xlim` | limits for the x axis.
`ylim` | limits for the y axis.
`axes` | logical. If `TRUE`, a vertical (or horizontal, if `horiz` is true) axis is drawn.
`axisnames` | logical. If `TRUE`, and if there are `names.arg` (see above), the other axis is drawn (with `lty=0`) and labeled.
`plot` | logical. If `FALSE`, nothing is plotted.
`...` | further graphical parameters (`par`) are passed to `plot.window()` and `title()`.

### Details

This is a generic function, it currently only has a default method. A formula interface may be added eventually.

### Value

A numeric vector (or matrix, when `beside = TRUE`), say `mp`, giving the coordinates of all the bar midpoints drawn, useful for adding to the graph.

If `beside` is true, use `apply(mp, 2, mean)` for the midpoints of each group of bars, see example.

### See Also

`plot(..., type="h")`, `dotplot`, `hist`.

### Examples

    tN <- table(Ni <- rpois(100, lambda=5))
    r <- barplot(tN, col='gray')
    #- type = "h" plotting *is* `bar'plot
    lines(r, tN, type='h', col='red', lwd=2)

    barplot(tN, space = 1.5, axisnames=FALSE,
            sub = "barplot(...., space= 1.5, axisnames = FALSE)")

    data(VADeaths, package = "base")
    barplot(VADeaths, plot = FALSE)
    barplot(VADeaths, plot = FALSE, beside = TRUE)

    mp <- barplot(VADeaths) # default
    tot <- apply(VADeaths, 2, sum)
    text(mp, tot + 3, format(tot), xpd = NA, col = "blue")
    barplot(VADeaths, beside = TRUE,
            col = c("lightblue", "mistyrose", "lightcyan",
                    "lavender", "cornsilk"),
            legend = rownames(VADeaths), ylim = c(0, 100))
    title(main = "Death Rates in Virginia", font.main = 4)

    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)
    segments(mp, hh, mp, hh + 2*sqrt(1000*hh/100), col = mybarcol, lwd = 1.5)
    stopifnot(dim(mp) == dim(hh))# corresponding matrices
    mtext(side = 1, at = apply(mp, 2, mean), line = -2,
          text = paste("Mean", formatC(apply(hh, 2, mean))), col = "red")

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