[R] histogram breaks as labels

[Dimitris Rizopoulos]

try something along these lines:

input <- rpois(1000, 5)
myhist <- hist(input, breaks = 15, plot = FALSE)
plot(myhist, labels = as.character(myhist$breaks[-1]), axes = FALSE)


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Albert Vilella" <avilella at gmail.com>
To: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 2:01 PM
Subject: [R] histogram breaks as labels


> Hi all,
>
> I would like to know if there is a way to have the diplay the breaks
> of the hist (as myhist$breaks here in the example) as the labels,
> instead of the myhist$counts:
>
> input = rpois(1000,5)
> myhist = hist(input, breaks = 15, labels=TRUE, axes=FALSE)
>
> So that, instead of having:
>
> "94 140 187 181 145 117  68  42  15   5   1   5"
>
> on top of the columns, I have:
>
> "1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13"
>
> as in myhist$breaks.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>    Albert.
>
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