[R] barplot_add=TRUE

[Gerrit Eichner]

Hi, Sibylle,

since you write '"mathematically" add', does

barplot(rbind(m$trapcatch, w$trapcatch))

do what you want (modulo layout details)?

  Hth  --  Gerrit

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Am 09.01.2018 um 09:19 schrieb Sibylle Stöckli:
> Dear R users
> 
> aim
> Barplot of insect trap catches (y variable trapcatch) at one specific station (variable FiBL_Hecke) from week 1-52 ( x variable week).
> It works well using the function tapply (sum trapcatch per week, males and females not separated), however, I intend to separate the y variable trapcatch in males and females (variable m_w: m and w)
> 
> problem
> I used the function "add" to merge two bar plots (males and females). Unfortunately the second barplot masks the first barplot.
> 
> question
> Is there a function to "mathematically" add the values from both barplots with the aim the barplot presenting the total trap (males and females) catches per week?
> 
> 
> 
> Hecke<-trap[trap$station=="FiBL_Hecke",] # station = Hecke
> m<-Hecke[Hecke$m_w=="m",] # male trap catches
> w<-Hecke[Hecke$m_w=="w",] # female trap catches
> 
> barplot(m$trapcatch, ylab="Y", space=0.5, col=c("grey0"), ylim=c(0,450), las=2, cex.lab=0.9, cex.axis=0.9, cex.names=0.9)
> barplot(w$trapcatch,space=0.5, add=TRUE, beside=FALSE, col=c("grey50"), xaxt="n", yaxt="n")
> 
> Thanks a lot
> Sibylle
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