[R] force axis to extend

[Jen]

Hi,  I'm creating a couple of mirrored bar plots.  Below is data and code
for one.

My problem is that I need the axis to go from -35 to 35 by 5.  I can't get
that to happen with the code below.  I need it so all my plots are on the
same scale.

How can I do that using barplot? For reasons, I can't use ggplot or
lattice.

Thanks,

Jen



df <- data.frame(matrix(c(
'18-29',        'Females',      23.221039,
'30-44',        'Females',      16.665565,
'45-59',        'Females',      7.173238,
'60+',  'Females',      4.275979,
'18-29',        'Males',        -22.008875,
'30-44',        'Males',        -15.592936,
'45-59',        'Males',        -7.312195,
'60+',  'Males',        -3.750173),
nrow=8, ncol=3, byrow=T,
dimnames=list(NULL, c("Age", "Sex", "Percent"))))

df$Percent <- as.numeric(as.character(df$Percent))

midf <- barplot(height = df$Percent[df$Sex == "Females"])

# distribution of men and women with solid fill

plot(c(0,5),range(df$Percent),type = "n", axes=FALSE, ann=F)

barplot(height = df$Percent[df$Sex == "Females"], add = TRUE,axes = FALSE,
col="#b498ec", ylab="")

barplot(height = df$Percent[df$Sex == "Males"], add = TRUE, axes = F,
col="#f8bb85", ylab="",
        names.arg=c("18-29", "30-44", "45-59", "60+"))

axis(side=2, at = seq(-35,35,by=5),
     labels=format(abs(seq(-35,35,by=5)), scientific=F),
     cex.axis=0.7)

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