barChart: Create a bar chart.

In ddplot: Create D3 Based SVG Graphics

Create a bar chart.

Description

Create a bar chart.

Usage

barChart(
  data,
  x,
  y,
  fill = "crimson",
  sort = "none",
  paddingWidth = 0.1,
  xticks = NULL,
  xFontSize = 10,
  yFontSize = 10,
  yticks = NULL,
  xtitle = NULL,
  xtitleFontSize = 16,
  ytitle = NULL,
  ytitleFontSize = 16,
  title = NULL,
  titleFontSize = 22,
  stroke = "crimson",
  strokeWidth = NULL,
  font = "Verdana, Geneva, Tahoma, sans-serif",
  bgcol = "#CAD0D3",
  opacity = 1,
  axisCol = "black",
  width = NULL,
  height = NULL
)

Arguments

data	The data frame containing the variables to consider.
x	The x-variable to consider.
y	The y-variable to consider.
fill	The color of the bars. Defaults to 'crimson'.
sort	Whether to sort or not the bars. Takes three values 'none' which is the default, 'ascending' or 'descending'.
paddingWidth	The distance between each bar. The value goes from 0 to 0.99 included. Defaults to 0.1.
xticks	Optional. the number of x-axis ticks to consider.
xFontSize	the font size of the x-axis labels. Defaults to 10.
yFontSize	the font size of the y-axis labels. Defaults to 10.
yticks	Optional. The number of y-axis ticks to consider.
xtitle	Optional. The title of the x-axis.
xtitleFontSize	The font size of the x-axis title. Defaults to 16.
ytitle	Optional. The title of the y-axis.
ytitleFontSize	The font size of the y-axis title. Defaults to 16.
title	Optional. The title of the plot.
titleFontSize	The font size of the plot title. Defaults to 22.
stroke	The stroke color of the bars. Defaults to 'crimson'.
strokeWidth	Optional. the stroke width of the bars.
font	The font family to consider for the titles. Defaults to "Verdana, Geneva, Tahoma, sans-serif".
bgcol	The background color of the SVG. Defaults to "#CAD0D3" HEX color.
opacity	The color opacity of the bars (from 0 to 1). Defaults to 1.
axisCol	the color of the x and y axis. It includes the ticks, the labels and titles. Defaults to 'black'.
width	Optional. The width of the SVG output.
height	Optional. The height of the SVG output.

Value

A SVG bar chart.

Examples

library(ggplot2) #needed for the mpg data frame
library(dplyr) #needed for data wrangling

mpg %>% group_by(manufacturer) %>%
 summarise(mean_cty = mean(cty)) %>%
 barChart(
   x = "manufacturer",
   y = "mean_cty",
   sort = "ascending",
   xFontSize = 10,
   yFontSize = 10,
   fill = "orange",
   strokeWidth = 1,
   ytitle = "average cty value",
   title = "Average City Miles per Gallon by manufacturer",
   titleFontSize = 16
 )

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