[R] parameter yaxs / function hist (graphics)

[Paulo Barata]

Mr. Schwartz,

Thank you very much for the proper solution.

Regards,

Paulo Barata
(Rio de Janeiro, Brasil)
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Marc Schwartz (via MN) wrote:
> Paulo,
> 
> Try the following:
> 
> x <- rnorm(100)
> 
> par(xaxs = "i")
> par(yaxs = "i")
> 
> hist(x, breaks = seq(-4, 4, 0.5), ylim = c(0, 40),
>      xlim = c(-4, 4))
> 
> box()
> 
> 
> The problem is that graphics:::plot.histogram() is coded in such a way
> that the use of 'xaxs' and 'yaxs' are ineffectual, as they are not
> passed to the internal call to plot.window(), which does not provide for
> '...' args in this case. So they cannot be passed 'inline' as you
> attempted.
> 
> Thus, you need to set these prior to the plotting of the histogram.
> 
> BTW, a better option for the call to axis() relative to using the 'line'
> argument, is to use the 'pos' argument and set it to 0:
> 
> x <- rnorm(100)
> 
> par(xaxs = "i")
> par(yaxs = "i")
> 
> hist(x, breaks = seq(-4, 4, 0.5), ylim = c(0, 40),
>      xlim = c(-4, 4), xaxt = "n")
> 
> axis(1, pos = 0)
> 
> box()
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Marc Schwartz
> 
> On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 18:49 -0300, Paulo Barata wrote:
>> Dear Paulo,
>>
>> Thank you for your reply. But I doubt yours is a proper
>> solution to my request, for some reasons:
>>
>> 1. The position of the axis graphed with the command axis(1, line=-1)
>> depends on the size of the graphics window.
>>
>> 2. After your graph is on the screen, in case one may want a boxed
>> graph, a box() command will produce a histogram "floating in the air",
>> not "touching" the horizontal axis.
>>
>> Of course, one could build a proper box (with labels, etc.) by means
>> of more primitive graphics functions like lines (package graphics)
>> and others, but I think that would mean a lot of work.
>>
>> Thank you again.
> 
>> Paulo Justiniano Ribeiro Jr wrote:
>>> Paulo
>>>
>>> One possibility is to draw the histogram without axes and then add them 
>>> wherever you want.
>>>
>>> For instance with something along the lines:
>>>
>>> x <- rnorm(500)
>>> hist(x, axes=F)
>>> axis(1, line=-1)
>>>
>>> For more details: ?axis
>>>
>>> best
>>> P.J.
>>> On Mon, 7 Aug 2006, Paulo Barata wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear R users,
>>>>
>>>> The parameters xaxs and yaxs (function par, package graphics)
>>>> seem not to work with the function hist (package graphics),
>>>> even when the parameters xlim and ylim are defined.
>>>>
>>>> Is there any way to make yaxs="i" and xaxs="i" work properly
>>>> with the function hist, mainly to produce histograms that
>>>> "touch" the horizontal axis? The R documentation and the
>>>> R mailing lists archive don't seem to be of help here.
>>>>
>>>> I am using R 2.3.1, running under Windows XP.
>>>>
>>>> ## Example:
>>>> x <- rnorm(100)
>>>> hist(x,breaks=seq(-4,4,0.5),ylim=c(0,40),yaxs="i",
>>>>   xlim=c(-4,4),xaxs="i")
>>>> box()
>>>>
>>>> Thank you very much.
>>>>
>>>> Paulo Barata
>>>>
> 
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