superbarplot: super segmented barplot
In jverzani/UsingR: Data Sets, Etc. for the Text "Using R for Introductory Statistics", Second Edition

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) References See Also Examples

Plot a barplot, with bars nested and ranging from a max to a minimum value. A similar graphic is used on the weather page of the New York Times.

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superbarplot(x, names = 1:dim(x)[2], names_height = NULL,
  col = gray(seq(0.8, 0.5, length = dim(x)[1]/2)), ...
)

`x`	A matrix with each pair of rows representing a min and max for the bar.
`names`	Place a name in each bar.
`names_height`	Where the names should go
`col`	What colors to use for the bars. There should be half as many specified as rows of `x`
`...`	passed to `plot.window`.

A similar graphic on the weather page of the New York Times shows bars for record highs and lows, normal highs and lows and actual (or predicted) highs or lows for 10 days of weather. This graphic succintly and elegantly displays a wealth of information. Intended as an illustration of the polygon function.

Returns a plot, but no other values.

John Verzani

The weather page of the New York Times

squareplot

record.high=c(95,95,93,96,98,96,97,96,95,97)
record.low= c(49,47,48,51,49,48,52,51,49,52)
normal.high=c(78,78,78,79,79,79,79,80,80,80)
normal.low= c(62,62,62,63,63,63,64,64,64,64)
actual.high=c(80,78,80,68,83,83,73,75,77,81)
actual.low =c(62,65,66,58,69,63,59,58,59,60)
x=rbind(record.low,record.high,normal.low,normal.high,actual.low,actual.high)
the.names=c("S","M","T","W","T","F","S")[c(3:7,1:5)]
superbarplot(x,names=the.names)