plot(table(factor(x,levels=c("c","b","a"))))
is at least approximately what you want (the only complicated bit is
reversing the order of the bars from the default alphabetical order)
substituting barplot() for plot() also works
you may want to use ylab="something" in the plot or barplot command to get
a more descriptive axis label
On 18 Nov 2003, Arend P. van der Veen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have what should be a simple question. I would like to generate a
> histogram of
>
> x <- c("a","b","c","b","c","c")
>
> where the first bar to be labeled 'c' with height 3, second bar to be
> labeled 'b' with height 2 and third bar to be labeled 'a' with height 1.
>
> This should be an easy task in R but I think I am missing something?
>
> Thanks,
> Arend van der Veen
>
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