R help - Dec 2010 - barplot: width of label

Hello,
I try to make barplots with rather wide labels. A simplified example of
this:

x <- c(12, 33, 56, 67, 15, 66)
names(x) <- c('Richard with a long surname','Minnie with a long
name,'Albert','Helen','Joe','Kingston')
barplot(x, las = 2)

Now the label 'Richard with a long surname' is too long to fit beneath
the
bars. A simple solution would be enlarge the space for the labels by
positioning the bar region higher. But I cannot find how to do this. Please
Help!

Frans Marcelissen, DigiPsy
fransiepansiekevertje at digipsy.nl

On 2010-12-19 07:13, fransiepansiekevertje wrote:
> Hello,
> I try to make barplots with rather wide labels. A simplified example of
> this:
>
> x<- c(12, 33, 56, 67, 15, 66)
> names(x)<- c('Richard with a long surname','Minnie with a
long
> name,'Albert','Helen','Joe','Kingston')
> barplot(x, las = 2)
>
> Now the label 'Richard with a long surname' is too long to fit
beneath the
> bars. A simple solution would be enlarge the space for the labels by
> positioning the bar region higher. But I cannot find how to do this. Please
> Help!
>
Try

  par(mar = c(12,4,4,2))

before calling barplot(). But a better solution (still requiring a
resetting of the default margins) would be to plot horizontally.
Admittedly, this would provide less neck exercise for the reader.

Peter Ehlers
> Frans Marcelissen, DigiPsy
> fransiepansiekevertje at digipsy.nl
>
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On 12/20/2010 02:13 AM, fransiepansiekevertje wrote:
> Hello,
> I try to make barplots with rather wide labels. A simplified example of
> this:
>
> x<- c(12, 33, 56, 67, 15, 66)
> names(x)<- c('Richard with a long surname','Minnie with a
long
> name,'Albert','Helen','Joe','Kingston')
> barplot(x, las = 2)
>
> Now the label 'Richard with a long surname' is too long to fit
beneath the
> bars. A simple solution would be enlarge the space for the labels by
> positioning the bar region higher. But I cannot find how to do this. Please
> Help!
>
Hi Frans,
Does this do what you want?

library(plotrix)
barp(x,names.arg=names(x),staxx=TRUE)

Jim