[R] histogram question

[Ben Bolker]

  The basic problem is that hist() is really designed for continuous data,
and you're using it with discrete data.  You can either say

r <- rbinom(100000,10,0.5)
hist(r,10,0.5),col=2,xlim=c(0,10),ylim=c(0,30000),
     breaks=seq(-0.5,10.5,by=0.1))

so that the bins span (-0.5 to 0.5, 0.5 to 1.5, ...)

or (arguably better, because it is more sensible with discrete data)

barplot(table(r),space=0)

## note that if you're building tables of sparser data where all
## levels may not be represented you may want something like

barplot(table(factor(r,levels=0:10)),space=0)

# instead


On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Erich Neuwirth wrote:

> hist(rbinom(1000,10,0.5),col=2,xlim=c(0,10),ylim=c(0,300))
> gives a histogram with "touching bars"
>
> hist(rbinom(100000,10,0.5),col=2,xlim=c(0,10),ylim=c(0,30000))
> gives a histogram with space between the bars.
>
> is there a way to control the space betweent he bars easily?
>
>
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