[R] parameter yaxs / function hist (graphics)

[Paulo Justiniano Ribeiro Jr]

Paulo

One possibility is to draw the histogram without axes and then add them 
wherever you want.

For instance with something along the lines:

x <- rnorm(500)
hist(x, axes=F)
axis(1, line=-1)

For more details: ?axis

best
P.J.


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On Mon, 7 Aug 2006, Paulo Barata wrote:

>
> Dear R users,
>
> The parameters xaxs and yaxs (function par, package graphics)
> seem not to work with the function hist (package graphics),
> even when the parameters xlim and ylim are defined.
>
> Is there any way to make yaxs="i" and xaxs="i" work properly
> with the function hist, mainly to produce histograms that
> "touch" the horizontal axis? The R documentation and the
> R mailing lists archive don't seem to be of help here.
>
> I am using R 2.3.1, running under Windows XP.
>
> ## Example:
> x <- rnorm(100)
> hist(x,breaks=seq(-4,4,0.5),ylim=c(0,40),yaxs="i",
>   xlim=c(-4,4),xaxs="i")
> box()
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Paulo Barata
>
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