plot_bar: Bar plot with optional fill grouping, sorting, and...

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Bar plot with optional fill grouping, sorting, and directional layout

Description

Create a bar chart from a data frame with optional grouping (fill), vertical/horizontal orientation, and sorting by values.

Usage

plot_bar(
  data,
  x,
  y,
  fill = NULL,
  direction = c("vertical", "horizontal"),
  sort = FALSE,
  sort_by = NULL,
  sort_dir = c("asc", "desc"),
  width = 0.7,
  ...
)

Arguments

data	A data frame.
x	Column name for the x-axis (quoted or unquoted).
y	Column name for the y-axis (quoted or unquoted).
fill	Optional character scalar. Column name to map to fill (grouping).
direction	Plot direction: "vertical" or "horizontal". Default: "vertical".
sort	Logical. Whether to sort bars based on y values. Default: FALSE.
sort_by	Optional. If fill is set and sort = TRUE, choose which level of fill is used for sorting.
sort_dir	Sorting direction: "asc" or "desc". Default: "asc".
width	Numeric. Bar width. Default: 0.7.
...	Additional args passed to ggplot2::geom_bar(), e.g. alpha, color.

Value

A ggplot object.

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