R: Plot Histograms

plot.histogram {base} | R Documentation

## Plot Histograms

### Description

These are methods for objects of class `"histogram"`, typically produced by `hist`.

### Usage

    plot(x, freq = equidist, density = NULL, angle = 45,
                   col = NULL, border = par("fg"),
                   lty = NULL, main = paste("Histogram of", x$xname),
                   xlim = range(x$breaks), ylim = range(y, 0),
                   xlab = x$xname, ylab, axes = TRUE, labels = FALSE,
                   add = FALSE, ...)

    lines(x, ...)

### Arguments

`x` | a `histogram` object, or a list with components `intensities`, `mid`, etc, see `hist` for information about the components of `x`.
`freq` | logical; if `TRUE`, the histogram graphic is to present a representation of frequencies, i.e, `x$counts`; if `FALSE`, relative frequencies (``probabilities''), i.e., `x$intensities`, are plotted. The default is true for equidistant `breaks` and false otherwise.
`col` | a colour to be used to fill the bars. The default of `NULL` yields unfilled bars.
`border` | the color of the border around the bars.
`angle, density` | select shading of bars by lines: see `rect`.
`lty` | the line type used for the bars, see also `lines`.
`xlim, ylim` | the range of x and y values with sensible defaults.
`main, xlab, ylab` | these arguments to `title` have useful defaults here.
`axes` | logical, indicating if axes should be drawn.
`labels` | logical or character. Additionally draw labels on top of bars, if not `FALSE`; if `TRUE`, draw the counts or rounded intensities; if `labels` is a `character`, draw itself.
`add` | logical. If `TRUE`, only the bars are added to the current plot. This is what `lines.histogram(*)` does.
`...` | further graphical parameters to `title` and `axis`.

### Details

`lines.histogram(*)` is the same as `plot.histogram(*, add = TRUE)`.

### See Also

`hist`, `stem`, `density`.

### Examples

    data(women)
    str(wwt <- hist(women$weight, nc= 7, plot = FALSE))
    plot(wwt, labels = TRUE) # default main & xlab using wwt$xname
    plot(wwt, border = "dark blue", col = "light blue",
         main = "Histogram of 15 women's weights", xlab = "weight [pounds]")

    ## Fake "lines" example, using non-default labels:
    w2 <- wwt; w2$counts <- w2$counts - 1
    lines(w2, col = "Midnight Blue", labels = ifelse(w2$counts, "> 1", "1"))

[Package Contents]