I would like to alter the default xyplot setting where the axis labels alternate by panel.
xyplot(yield~N | P+K, data=npk)
I realize that it is intentional to avoid overlaps of axis extremes on neighboring panels, but for categorical x-axis labels as shown above, it is not necessary and looks odd for publication.
Is there a way to put all axis labels on the same side as shown below (which I edited in a graphics program)?
While checking to make sure I didn't duplicate a question, I tried some new search terms and found the solution buried in the lengthy xyplot help file.
There is a parameter called “scales” that itself has a bunch of parameters that you can specify, and it has to be in a list. The default for alternating is TRUE and switching it to FALSE will do the trick:
xyplot(yield~N | P+K, data=npk, scales=list(alternating=FALSE))
You can also enter a numeric value for this parameter to determine what side the labels should go on:
xyplot(yield~N | P+K, data=npk, scales=list(alternating=1))
xyplot(yield~N | P+K, data=npk, scales=list(alternating=2))
You can pass it multiple parameters to have each panel behave differently:
xyplot(yield~N | P+K, data=npk, scales=list(alternating=c(1,0)))
Default here is c(1,2)
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I have drawn a plot using "plotArrays" function in Dymola. I would like to label X-axis in meters(Ideally, I need it to be flexible so that I can later change it to millimeters, micrometers, etc..). I want to label Y-axis similarly in volts which I have done already using
plotArrays(x_axis,phie,legend=names,units=fill("V",size(phie,2)));
and I can read the values in volts and also change to mV etc.. However, its not 'visible' in Y-axis as you can see in the plot below. So, How can I label the axes separately?
Thanks a lot!
I don't know any more efficient possibility than this:
createPlot(id=1, erase=false, grid=true, leftTitleType=2, leftTitle="myLabelY", bottomTitleType=2, bottomTitle="myLabelX")
with:
id being the number shown in the original plot
erase=false to ensure that the content is not modified
grid=true (re-)enabling the grid
*TitleType=2 saying that there is a custom title
*Title being the string to put there
This will result in the plot being resized to the default size. You can use plotSetup() to get the current setup, including position, which you can then pass (manually) to the createPlot() command to result in the original size again.
Not very elegant, but I don't know any other possibility...
From the examples of bar graphs I have seen here, the numbers on top of individual bars are those that correspond to the values on the y-axis. I'd like to use another set of numbers or text on a bar graph generated using matplotlib. How can this been done? I' like to use the method shown in:
http://composition.al/blog/2015/11/29/a-better-way-to-add-labels-to-bar-charts-with-matplotlib/
but can't figure out how to refer to a list of labels which might be numbers or text.
After several gyrations, the solution was relatively simple. I passed a list of numbers to the function described in the link above replacing the "height" variable. Also, I prefer to have the bar labels always above the bar, so I just found the largest "y" value and increased the ax.set_ylim to 110% of that value. Not too elegant but meets my needs.
I'm trying to create a dot chart in Stata, splitting it into two categories
Running a chunk of code:
sysuse nlsw88, clear
drop if race == 3
graph dot (mean) wage, over(occ) by(race)
Creates such output:
So far so good but I'd like to remove labels of Y axis from the right graph to give the data some more space.
The only way I've been able to do that was to manually edit graph and hide the axis label object:
Is there a way to do it programmatically? I do know I could use one more over() but in some graphs of mine that is already taken.
I believe the solution is buried in help bystyle and help by_option. However, I can't get it to work with your example (I'm on Stata 12). But the description is clear. For example:
A bystyle determines the overall look of the combined graphs,
including
whether the individual graphs have their own axes and labels or if instead the axes and labels are shared across graphs arrayed in the
same row and/or in the same column;
...
There are options that let you control each of the above attributes --
see [G-3] by_option --
And also
iyaxes and ixaxes (and noiyaxes and noixaxes) specify whether the y axes and x axes are
to be displayed with each graph. The default
with most styles and
schemes is to place y axes on the leftmost graph of each row and to place x axes on
the bottommost graph of each column. The y and
x axes include the
default ticks and labels but exclude the axes titles.
If for some reason that doesn't work out, something like
sysuse nlsw88, clear
drop if race == 3
graph dot (mean) wage, over(occ) by(race)
gr_edit .plotregion1.grpaxis[2].draw_view.setstyle, style(no)
does (but I don't really like the approach). You can mess with at least the axis number [#] to do a bit of customization. I guess recording changes in the graphical editor and then recycling the corresponding code, may be one way out of difficult situations.
I have just started playing with the quantmod package. The documentation is however, quite sparse (perhaps understandably, since it is OSS).
I am currently using barChart() which is a nice wrapper around chartSeries() and does most of what I want, but the default chart it produces are not quite what I want. To be specific, I want to tweak the charts produced by barChart() to suit my needs - however, since I am a newbie, I don't know whether my "tweaks" can be provided as options to the wrapper barChart(), or if I need to call chartSeries() directly, with specific arguments.
I have been tearing my hair out trying to do the following:
replace the horrible {start date}/{end date} text in the top right hand of the chart produced by barChart() with text of my own choosing
specify the formating to be used on the X axis (for example, show only the last two digits of the century. i.e. '98, '99, '00, '01 etc)
'Force' both top chart and the bottom chart to have their Y values printed on the left hand side of the chart
Add an aditional series to the bottom chart
Use different up/down colors for the bottom chart (defaults the using the same up/down colors for both top and bottom charts)
Plot just the top chart (no bottom chart)
Specify X axis, Y axis grid line spacings for top chart, for bottom chart
Write the image to an alternative output (e.g. png image or pdf document) instead of the graphics device
Can anyone help with any (or all) of the above?.
This functionality isn't available (patches welcome).
This functionality isn't available (patches welcome).
This functionality isn't available (patches welcome).
See the sparse documentation for ?addTA, specifically the on argument.
Plot the bottom chart as two separate up/down series, using two different colors, or perhaps chartTheme.
Not sure what you mean; just don't plot the bottom chart...
See the sparse documentation for the major.ticks argument to chartSeries. I don't think you can change the y axis grid line spacings, and the x axis spacing will be the same for the top and bottom chart.
See ?png and ?pdf.
To change or remove the bottom chart,
check the TA argument of chartSeries function
(there is an example in the manual);
to change the colours,
check the theme argument
(there is an example in the manual);
to write to a png or pdf file,
use the png or pdf functions,
as with other plotting functions.
To fine-tune the axes and labels, it is probably easier to bypass
chartSeries altogether and plot the data yourself, with base graphics,
lattice or ggplot2.
Is there an function in R that does the same job as Matlab's "bar" function?
R does have a "barplot" function in the library graphics, however, it is not the same.
The Matlab bar(X,Y) (verbatim excerpt from MATLAB documentation) "draws a bar for each element in Y at locations specified in X, where X is a vector defining the x-axis intervals for the vertical bars." (emphasis mine)
However, the R barplot function does not allow one to specify locations.
Perhaps there is a method in ggplot2 that supports this? I am only able to find standard bar charts in ggplot2.
No, barplot is not the same as bar, but you should read the whole help. You can do many things to position the bars. The first is simply their order in Y. You could insert spaces if you wish (additional 0s). If you have X and Y then sort Y on X (Y[order(X)]) and plot it. If you need to change positions use the "space" and "width" arguments. It's not as straightforward as specifying X values I suppose but it's definitely more useful in most situations. Generally what you want to adjust is widths of bars and spaces between bars. Their position on the X-axis should be arbitrary. If the position on the X-axis is really meaningful then you should be using line plots, not bar graphs.
In R:
barplot(rbind(1:10, 2:11), beside=T, names.arg=1:10)
In MATLAB:
>> bar(1:10, [(1:10)' (2:11)'])
Read up on par . Then observe, for example:
x<-c(1,2,4,5,6)
y<-c(3,4,3,4,2)
plot(x,y,type='h',lwd=6)
Edit: yes, I know this doesn't (yet) plot multiple data sets, but I would hope you can see simple ways to make that happen, with spacings, colors, etc. specified to your exact liking :-)
Sounds vaguely like the R stepfun. On the other hand one would need to know what "draws a bar" means before saying it is not the same as barplot(..., horiz=TRUE) One would, of course, need to examine some more detailed evidence such as data and plots before arriving at a conclusion, however. #John Colby should be congratulated for adding some specificity to the discussion. The axis function is probably what Quant Guy needs education regarding.