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BarOrientation

BarOrientation

is an option for BarChart that determines whether the bars are oriented vertically or horizontally.

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BarOrientation

As of Version 7.0, BarOrientation has been superseded by BarOrigin.

BarOrientation

is an option for BarChart that determines whether the bars are oriented vertically or horizontally.

Details and Options

  • To use BarOrientation, you first need to load the Bar Charts Package using Needs["BarCharts`"].
  • The following settings can be used:
  • Horizontaluse horizontal bar orientation
    Verticaluse vertical bar orientation

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

Chart with vertical bars:

Chart with horizontal bars:

Wolfram Research (2008), BarOrientation, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/BarCharts/ref/BarOrientation.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2008), BarOrientation, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/BarCharts/ref/BarOrientation.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2008. "BarOrientation." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/BarCharts/ref/BarOrientation.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2008). BarOrientation. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/BarCharts/ref/BarOrientation.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_barorientation, author="Wolfram Research", title="{BarOrientation}", year="2008", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/BarCharts/ref/BarOrientation.html}", note=[Accessed: 10-August-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_barorientation, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={BarOrientation}, year={2008}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/BarCharts/ref/BarOrientation.html}, note=[Accessed: 10-August-2025]}