Hi: On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Greg Snow <greg.s...@imail.org> wrote:
> Using the barplot function in base graphics you just set space=0, but that > function does not have a box.ratio argument which would imply that you are > using something else. If you let us know which function (and which package > it is in) then it is easier (possible) for us to help you, even better is to > give the information asked for at the bottom of every post and the posting > guide. > > It looks like he's using barchart() in lattice, which does have a box.ratio argument. > -- > Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. > Statistical Data Center > Intermountain Healthcare > greg.s...@imail.org > 801.408.8111 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r- > > project.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Greenberg > > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 8:21 PM > > To: r-help > > Subject: [R] Removing inter-bar spaces in barchart > > > > Rhelpers: > > > > I'm trying to make a barchart of a 2-group dataset > > (barchart(x~y,data=data,groups=z,horizontal=FALSE)). My problem is > > that I can't, for the life of me, seem to get rid of the inter-bar > > space -- box.ratio set to 10000 doesn't do much. Any ideas? I'd > > ideally want zero space between the bars. Thanks! > I'm more interested in why you'd 'ideally want zero space between the bars'. By default, bar chart functions in R have spaces between bars because the bars represent different categories of a discrete/factor variable and the space is a visual device meant to connote to the viewer that the categories are not to be interpreted as an underlying continuum. In contrast, there are no spaces in between bars of a histogram precisely because the x-scale is meant to be continuous. Since you're using barchart(), why do you want to remove the space between bars? Cheers, Dennis > > > --j > > > > -- > > Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD > > Assistant Project Scientist > > Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS) > > Department of Land, Air and Water Resources > > University of California, Davis > > One Shields Avenue > > Davis, CA 95616 > > Phone: 415-763-5476 > > AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307 > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- > > guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
