Hi Jim- Thanks for your help. I am not sure how to execute your
instructions... I used the space argument to to equally space the bars
(barplot(data, space=c(1,1,1,1,1,1)).
How do I get the "x positions in the return values". Take care,
-jh
On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 3:42 AM, Jim Lemon <j...@bitwrit.com.au> wrote:
> On 05/27/2012 01:26 PM, jack hietpas wrote:
>
>> Hello- I am having trouble making a barplot...
>>
>> The y-values are:
>> data=c(-0.0002129061,0.**0000000000,-0.0002699561,0.**
>> 0163883061,0.0400000000).
>>
>> The x-values are distance=c(0, 71, 172, 206, 292).
>> The desired x-range is 0 and ~300+ (kilometers), range=seq(0,300,1)
>>
>> I would like to make a bar plot with the bar locations along the x-axis
>> spaced according to their distances.
>>
>> I have tried barplot(distance, data)... but this produces a very strange
>> plot.
>>
>> plot(distance, data) is almost correct, except it is a scatter plot.
>>
>> Thanks for any help you can provide, I must be missing something very
>> obvious.
>>
>> Hi Jack,
> You can use the space argument in barplot to do this by running barplot
> with equally spaced bars, and getting the x positions of the bars in the
> return values. Then just space the bars out as needed with a vector of
> "space" values. This should give you a reasonable looking x axis, but you
> might have to pass the cumulative sum of bar positions and spaces if you
> want each bar labelled.
>
> Jim
>
>
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