Hi Derek, Here is an option using the package ggplot2:
library(ggplot2) x <- sample(x = 10:50, size = 50, replace = TRUE) qplot(x = x, geom = "histogram") + scale_y_log() However, the log scale is often inappropriate for histograms, because the y-axis represents counts, which could potentially be 0, and therefore undefined (R outputs -Inf). Another option using base graphics would be something along the lines (no pun intended) of: temp <- hist(x, plot = FALSE) #get histogram data plot(x = temp$mids, y = log(temp$counts), type = "h") HTH, Josh On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Derek M Jones <de...@knosof.co.uk> wrote: > All, > > I have been trying to get calls to hist(...) to be plotted > with the y-axis having a log scale. > > I have tried: par(ylog=TRUE) > > I have also looked at the histogram package. > > Suggestions welcome. > > -- > Derek M. Jones tel: +44 (0) 1252 520 667 > Knowledge Software Ltd mailto:de...@knosof.co.uk > Source code analysis http://www.knosof.co.uk > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Joshua Wiley Ph.D. Student, Health Psychology University of California, Los Angeles http://www.joshuawiley.com/ ______________________________________________ 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.
