[R] Aligning Diagonally Oriented Labels Under Bar Chart

[Peter Alspach]

Tena koe Jason

Is this an example of what you want?

temp <- barplot(3:17)
text(temp, rep(-0.5, length(3:17)), LETTERS[3:17], srt=45, adj=1)

HTH ....

Peter Alspach 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org 
> [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Jason Rupert
> Sent: Wednesday, 2 December 2009 12:16 p.m.
> To: R-help at r-project.org
> Subject: [R] Aligning Diagonally Oriented Labels Under Bar Chart
> 
> I searched the forms (i.e., R Search) and come up with the 
> following suggested link:
>  
> http://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#How-can-I-create-
> rotated-axis-labels_003f
> 
> I tried to implement what I believe was being implied by that 
> URL and came up with the below:
> 
> barplot(WorldPhones[1,],
>         ylim=c(0, 50000),
>         axes=FALSE, ann=FALSE,
>         col=terrain.colors(length(WorldPhones[1,])),
>         xaxt = "n",  xlab = "")
> 
> text(1:dim(WorldPhones)[1], par("usr")[3] - 0.1, srt = 45, adj = 1,
>      labels = as.character(colnames(WorldPhones)), xpd = TRUE)
> 
> box()
> 
> 
> Unfortunately the labels are not aligned with the appropriate 
> bars.  I believe I am missing something small in order to 
> have the text properly aligned underneath the appropriate bars.   
> 
> Are there any suggestions for correcting this mis-alignment?  
> 
> Thank you again for any additional feedback, links, hints or 
> insights.  
> 
> 
> 
> 
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