Re: [R-sig-Geo] How do i plot a graph with x axis vertically labelled?
The graphics parameters are all in the help file for par
?par
The one you need is las.
Without trying to wade thru your mangled HTML data (dput() is the best
way to provide reproducible data), check this out:
barplot(runif(5), names.arg = c("25/08/2004", "26/09/2004",
"02/11/2004", "11/11/2004", "22/11/2004"), main = 'Females 2005', ylab
= ' Age/Days', xlab = 'Birth/Hatch date', las=2)
You'll need to mess with label positioning, and with margin size, to
get everything looking as you wish.
But I'm not sure this is the most effective way to show
irregularly-spaced dates. Why not convert your dates to Date or other
time series, and plot them to scale as points?
Sarah
On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 6:25 AM Vasana Tutjavi via R-sig-Geo
wrote:
>
> Dear R-sig-geo experts,
>
> I want to plot a bar graph with the labels on the x axis in a vertical
> format. The data is the Ages of Squid (on the Y axis) and the date of Birth
> on the X axis, I am struggling to change the labels on the x axis to a
> vertical format and I want all the dates to show at all the bars. My data is
> as follows:
> Birth
> Sex
> Age
> 25/08/2004
> F
> 2
> 26/09/2004
> F
> 3
> 02/11/2004
> F
> 3
> 11/11/2004
> F
> 1
> 22/11/2004
> F
> 3
> 04/12/2004
> F
> 1
> 08/12/2004
> F
> 4
> 15/12/2004
> F
> 4
> 21/12/2004
> F
> 5
> 24/12/2004
> F
> 1
> 04/01/2005
> F
> 1
> 06/01/2005
> F
> 3
> 13/01/2005
> F
> 2
> 18/01/2005
> F
> 1
> 19/01/2005
> F
> 3
> 09/02/2005
> F
> 2
> 11/02/2005
> F
> 1
> 13/02/2005
> F
> 1
> 17/02/2005
> F
> 1
> 18/02/2005
> F
> 8
> 19/02/2005
> F
> 5
> 24/02/2005
> F
> 1
> 28/02/2005
> F
> 42
> 01/03/2005
> F
> 1
> 07/03/2005
> F
> 1
> 08/03/2005
> F
> 2
> 09/03/2005
> F
> 1
> 14/03/2005
> F
> 7
> 16/03/2005
> F
> 1
> 25/03/2005
> F
> 3
> 01/04/2005
> F
> 1
> 06/04/2005
> F
> 5
> 07/04/2005
> F
> 1
> 08/04/2005
> F
> 1
> 13/04/2005
> F
> 1
> 14/04/2005
> F
> 1
> 27/04/2005
> F
> 1
> 01/05/2005
> F
> 2
> 07/05/2005
> F
> 1
> 08/05/2005
> F
> 2
> 16/05/2005
> F
> 1
> 30/05/2005
> F
> 8
> 06/06/2005
> F
> 1
> Here is the script I tried:
>
> barplot(Females2005$Age, names.arg = c("25/08/2004", "26/09/2004",
> "02/11/2004", "11/11/2004", "22/11/2004", "04/12/2004", "08/12/2004",
>"15/12/2004", "21/12/2004",
> "24/12/2004", "04/01/2005", "06/01/2005", "13/01/2005", "18/01/2005",
>"19/01/2005", "09/02/2005",
> "11/02/2005", "13/02/2005", "17/02/2005", "18/02/2005", "19/02/2005",
> "24/02/2005", "28/02/2005",
> "01/03/2005", "07/03/2005", "08/03/2005", "09/03/2005", "14/03/2005",
> "16/03/2005", "25/03/2005", "01/04/2005",
> "06/04/2005", "07/04/2005", "08/04/2005", "13/04/2005",
> "14/04/2005", "27/04/2005",
> "01/05/2005", "07/05/2005", "08/05/2005", "16/05/2005", "30/05/2005",
> "06/06/2005"), main = 'Females 2005',
> ylab = 'Age/Days', xlab = 'Birth/Hatch date')
>
> Many thanks
> Vasana
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>
>
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Re: [R-sig-Geo] How do i plot a graph with x axis vertically labelled?
Vasana--
May I ask why you want to produce such a graph? What relationship(s) in
your data are you trying to show? I can't be sure from your original post,
but it seems to me that you are trying to do this the hard way. R can help
you.
What happens when you run the code you posted? What error message do you
get, if any?
Your birthdates are not just nominal labels; they contain more information
than that--specifically, they are ordered, with certain elapsed duration
between them. Using them merely as names/labels on bars sacrifices
information. Also, if you don't have an observation for every birthdate in
a sequence of dates, then you will represent unequally-spaced dates with
equally-spaced bars--generally not a good thing. Conversely, could any of
your birthdates ever be duplicated?
Vertically-oriented bar labels can be difficult for your intended audience
to read, especially since you seem to want to put 30-40 of them along the
horizontal axis. Another option would be to flip your graph, putting
birthdates on the vertical axis so the date labels can be horizontal.
Here is a minimal working example to demonstrate one possible solution that
you might be able to modify to convey what you are trying to convey, and
that let's R do the work it is good at.
## generate some data
dd <- data.frame( birth = Sys.Date() + sort(sample(1:10, 6, replace =
TRUE)), sex = factor(sample(c("M", "F"), 6, replace = TRUE)), age =
sample(1:9, 6, replace = TRUE) )
## show the data
dd
str(dd)
## a plot
with(dd, plot(age ~ birth, type = "h"))
--Chris Ryan
On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 6:24 AM, Vasana Tutjavi via R-sig-Geo <
r-sig-geo@r-project.org> wrote:
> Dear R-sig-geo experts,
>
> I want to plot a bar graph with the labels on the x axis in a vertical
> format. The data is the Ages of Squid (on the Y axis) and the date of Birth
> on the X axis, I am struggling to change the labels on the x axis to a
> vertical format and I want all the dates to show at all the bars. My data
> is as follows:
> Birth
> Sex
> Age
> 25/08/2004
> F
> 2
> 26/09/2004
> F
> 3
> 02/11/2004
> F
> 3
> 11/11/2004
> F
> 1
> 22/11/2004
> F
> 3
> 04/12/2004
> F
> 1
> 08/12/2004
> F
> 4
> 15/12/2004
> F
> 4
> 21/12/2004
> F
> 5
> 24/12/2004
> F
> 1
> 04/01/2005
> F
> 1
> 06/01/2005
> F
> 3
> 13/01/2005
> F
> 2
> 18/01/2005
> F
> 1
> 19/01/2005
> F
> 3
> 09/02/2005
> F
> 2
> 11/02/2005
> F
> 1
> 13/02/2005
> F
> 1
> 17/02/2005
> F
> 1
> 18/02/2005
> F
> 8
> 19/02/2005
> F
> 5
> 24/02/2005
> F
> 1
> 28/02/2005
> F
> 42
> 01/03/2005
> F
> 1
> 07/03/2005
> F
> 1
> 08/03/2005
> F
> 2
> 09/03/2005
> F
> 1
> 14/03/2005
> F
> 7
> 16/03/2005
> F
> 1
> 25/03/2005
> F
> 3
> 01/04/2005
> F
> 1
> 06/04/2005
> F
> 5
> 07/04/2005
> F
> 1
> 08/04/2005
> F
> 1
> 13/04/2005
> F
> 1
> 14/04/2005
> F
> 1
> 27/04/2005
> F
> 1
> 01/05/2005
> F
> 2
> 07/05/2005
> F
> 1
> 08/05/2005
> F
> 2
> 16/05/2005
> F
> 1
> 30/05/2005
> F
> 8
> 06/06/2005
> F
> 1
> Here is the script I tried:
>
> barplot(Females2005$Age, names.arg = c("25/08/2004", "26/09/2004",
> "02/11/2004", "11/11/2004", "22/11/2004", "04/12/2004", "08/12/2004",
>"15/12/2004", "21/12/2004",
> "24/12/2004", "04/01/2005", "06/01/2005", "13/01/2005", "18/01/2005",
>"19/01/2005", "09/02/2005",
> "11/02/2005", "13/02/2005", "17/02/2005", "18/02/2005", "19/02/2005",
> "24/02/2005", "28/02/2005",
> "01/03/2005", "07/03/2005", "08/03/2005", "09/03/2005", "14/03/2005",
> "16/03/2005", "25/03/2005",
> "01/04/2005", "06/04/2005", "07/04/2005", "08/04/2005", "13/04/2005",
> "14/04/2005", "27/04/2005",
> "01/05/2005", "07/05/2005", "08/05/2005", "16/05/2005", "30/05/2005",
> "06/06/2005"), main = 'Females 2005',
> ylab = 'Age/Days', xlab = 'Birth/Hatch date')
>
> Many thanks
> Vasana
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>
>
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>
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[R-sig-Geo] How do i plot a graph with x axis vertically labelled?
Dear R-sig-geo experts,
I want to plot a bar graph with the labels on the x axis in a vertical format.
The data is the Ages of Squid (on the Y axis) and the date of Birth on the X
axis, I am struggling to change the labels on the x axis to a vertical format
and I want all the dates to show at all the bars. My data is as follows:
Birth
Sex
Age
25/08/2004
F
2
26/09/2004
F
3
02/11/2004
F
3
11/11/2004
F
1
22/11/2004
F
3
04/12/2004
F
1
08/12/2004
F
4
15/12/2004
F
4
21/12/2004
F
5
24/12/2004
F
1
04/01/2005
F
1
06/01/2005
F
3
13/01/2005
F
2
18/01/2005
F
1
19/01/2005
F
3
09/02/2005
F
2
11/02/2005
F
1
13/02/2005
F
1
17/02/2005
F
1
18/02/2005
F
8
19/02/2005
F
5
24/02/2005
F
1
28/02/2005
F
42
01/03/2005
F
1
07/03/2005
F
1
08/03/2005
F
2
09/03/2005
F
1
14/03/2005
F
7
16/03/2005
F
1
25/03/2005
F
3
01/04/2005
F
1
06/04/2005
F
5
07/04/2005
F
1
08/04/2005
F
1
13/04/2005
F
1
14/04/2005
F
1
27/04/2005
F
1
01/05/2005
F
2
07/05/2005
F
1
08/05/2005
F
2
16/05/2005
F
1
30/05/2005
F
8
06/06/2005
F
1
Here is the script I tried:
barplot(Females2005$Age, names.arg = c("25/08/2004", "26/09/2004",
"02/11/2004", "11/11/2004", "22/11/2004", "04/12/2004", "08/12/2004",
"15/12/2004", "21/12/2004",
"24/12/2004", "04/01/2005", "06/01/2005", "13/01/2005", "18/01/2005",
"19/01/2005", "09/02/2005",
"11/02/2005", "13/02/2005", "17/02/2005", "18/02/2005", "19/02/2005",
"24/02/2005", "28/02/2005", "01/03/2005",
"07/03/2005", "08/03/2005", "09/03/2005", "14/03/2005",
"16/03/2005", "25/03/2005", "01/04/2005",
"06/04/2005", "07/04/2005", "08/04/2005", "13/04/2005",
"14/04/2005", "27/04/2005", "01/05/2005",
"07/05/2005", "08/05/2005", "16/05/2005", "30/05/2005",
"06/06/2005"), main = 'Females 2005', ylab
= 'Age/Days', xlab = 'Birth/Hatch date')
Many thanks
Vasana
Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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