How do I get non-evenly spaced bar charts to work?

alpine · Post by **alpine** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 6:50 pm

Hi,

I have some data as an example:

Description, X-Axis Interval, Y-Axis Value
Marbles, 1341, 242.39
Dice, 1500, 161.86
Cards, 4000, 109.29
Flour, 4050, 100.12
Cheese, 5061, 69.52
Mice , 6067, 69.34

As you can see the interval is not equal. I am trying to make a Bar chart with the width proportional to the interval, like this:

I have checked the "Bars span intervals" in X but i'm not seeing it.

As a second question, when I finally get this to work, how can I label each bar with the Description, in the example above? Either together with the stats at the top of the bar, or below the X-axis interval scale??

Many thanks for your help,
Adrian.

Post by **DPlotAdmin** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 9:36 pm

I'm not sure I exactly follow what you're trying to do, but if you copy this text...

1341,242.39
1500,161.86
4000,109.29
4050,100.12
5061,69.52
6067,69.34

... to the Clipboard, Paste into DPlot, switch to a bar chart and then check "Bars span intervals in X", is that not what you want?

To set the labels along the X axis use the X,Y Labels command on the Text menu.