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BarOrigin

is an option to BarChart and related functions that specifies the origin placement for bars.

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BarOrigin

BarOrigin

is an option to BarChart and related functions that specifies the origin placement for bars.

Details

  • Possible settings include Bottom, Top, Left, and Right. For 3D charts, Front and Back are also possible.
  • BarOrigin specifies from which edge or face of a chart bars or similar constructs grow.

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Basic Examples  (2)

Change the bar origin:

Change the bar origin in three dimensions:

Applications  (2)

Create a bilateral bar chart:

Use positive and negative values to encode export and import:

Create a bar chart of the frequency of characters in the Declaration of Independence:

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

Text

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

CMS

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

APA

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

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_barorigin, author="Wolfram Research", title="{BarOrigin}", year="2008", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/BarOrigin.html}", note=[Accessed: 07-August-2025]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_barorigin, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={BarOrigin}, year={2008}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/BarOrigin.html}, note=[Accessed: 07-August-2025]}