R help - Apr 2011 - plot several histograms with same y-axes scaling using hist()

Dear all

Problem: hist()-function, scale = ?percent?

I want to generate histograms for changing underlying data. In order to make
them comparable, I want to fix the y-axis (vertical-axis) to, e.g., 0%, 10%,
20%, 30% as well as to fix the spaces, too. So the y-axis in each histogram
should be identical. Currently, I have 100 histograms and the y-axis scales
changes in each. 

Here is my code:

="Hist(na.exclude("&AA3&"), breaks=50,
col=""seashell3"",
scale=""percent"",xlim=c(-1, 1),
xlab=""Bewertungsfehler"",
ylab=""Haeufigkeit (in %)"",
main=""KBV"", border=""white"")"

I tried the ylim=c(?), but unfortunately it does not work.

Thanks for your help in advance!
Regards,
Hans


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On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 03:35:41AM -0700, hck wrote:
> Problem: hist()-function, scale = ?percent?
[...]
> ="Hist(na.exclude("&AA3&"), breaks=50,
col=""seashell3"",
> scale=""percent"",xlim=c(-1, 1),
xlab=""Bewertungsfehler"",
> ylab=""Haeufigkeit (in %)"",
main=""KBV"", border=""white"")"
Before anyone can really help you'll need to let us know where your
Hist() function came from. 

hist() from package graphics does not have a scale parameter and
honours ylim without a problem.

cu
	Philipp

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85354 Freising, Germany
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Thanks for the note: Indeed, the function is the hist() function not Hist()
with capital letter.

I use the standard R hist()-function with the lower case only. Nevertheless,
the ylim does not work as supposed to. 

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On 04/29/2011 08:35 PM, hck wrote:
> Dear all
>
> Problem: hist()-function, scale = ?percent?
>
> I want to generate histograms for changing underlying data. In order to
make
> them comparable, I want to fix the y-axis (vertical-axis) to, e.g., 0%,
10%,
> 20%, 30% as well as to fix the spaces, too. So the y-axis in each histogram
> should be identical. Currently, I have 100 histograms and the y-axis scales
> changes in each.
>
> Here is my code:
>
> ="Hist(na.exclude("&AA3&"), breaks=50,
col=""seashell3"",
> scale=""percent"",xlim=c(-1, 1),
xlab=""Bewertungsfehler"",
> ylab=""Haeufigkeit (in %)"",
main=""KBV"", border=""white"")"
>
> I tried the ylim=c(?), but unfortunately it does not work.
Hi Hans,
The "barp" function in plotrix can plot histograms (see the last
example
on the help page) and may be flexible enough to do what you want.

Jim

On 29.04.2011 14:39, Jim Lemon wrote:
> On 04/29/2011 08:35 PM, hck wrote:
>> Dear all
>>
>> Problem: hist()-function, scale = ?percent?
>>
>> I want to generate histograms for changing underlying data. In order
>> to make
>> them comparable, I want to fix the y-axis (vertical-axis) to, e.g.,
>> 0%, 10%,
>> 20%, 30% as well as to fix the spaces, too. So the y-axis in each
>> histogram
>> should be identical. Currently, I have 100 histograms and the y-axis
>> scales
>> changes in each.
>>
>> Here is my code:
>>
>> ="Hist(na.exclude("&AA3&"), breaks=50,
col=""seashell3"",
>> scale=""percent"",xlim=c(-1, 1),
xlab=""Bewertungsfehler"",
>> ylab=""Haeufigkeit (in %)"",
main=""KBV"", border=""white"")"
>>
>> I tried the ylim=c(?), but unfortunately it does not work.
>
> Hi Hans,
> The "barp" function in plotrix can plot histograms (see the last
example
> on the help page) and may be flexible enough to do what you want.#
or just use a fixed ylim?

Uwe
> Jim
>
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