[R] add information above bars of a barplot()

[William Dunlap]

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> [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Martin Batholdy
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 7:53 AM
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> Subject: [R] add information above bars of a barplot()
> 
> hi,
> 
> 
> I have a barplot with six clusters of four bars each.
> Now I would like to add the exact value of each bar as a 
> number above the bar.
> 
> I hoped to get some tips here.
> I could simply add text at the different positions, but I 
> don't understand how the margins on the x-axis are calculated
> (how can I get / calculate the x-ticks of a barplot?).
> 
> Also I would like to code this flexible enough so that it 
> still works when I have more bars in each cluster.

You didn't say how you made the original barplot, but
here is one way use barplot()'s return value (the
x coordinates of the bar centers) to add text a little
above the top of each bar:

  z <- rbind(log2(1:10), sqrt(1:10), (1:10)/3) # data matrix
  barX <- barplot(z, beside=TRUE)
  text(cex=.5, x=barX, y=z+par("cxy")[2]/2, round(z,2), xpd=TRUE)

The xpd=TRUE means to not plot the text even if it is outside
of the plot area and par("cxy") gives the size of a typical
character in the current user coordinate system.

Bill Dunlap
Spotfire, TIBCO Software
wdunlap tibco.com 

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> 
> thanks for any suggestions!
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