Bar plot with optional fill grouping, sorting, and directional layout

Create a bar chart from a data frame with optional grouping (fill), vertical/horizontal orientation, and sorting by values.

Usage

plot_bar(
  data,
  x,
  y,
  fill = NULL,
  direction = c("vertical", "horizontal"),
  sort = FALSE,
  sort_by = NULL,
  sort_dir = c("asc", "desc"),
  width = 0.7,
  ...
)

Arguments

data: A data frame.
x: Column name for the x-axis (quoted or unquoted).
y: Column name for the y-axis (quoted or unquoted).
fill: Optional character scalar. Column name to map to fill (grouping).
direction: Plot direction: "vertical" or "horizontal". Default: "vertical".
sort: Logical. Whether to sort bars based on y values. Default: FALSE.
sort_by: Optional. If fill is set and sort = TRUE, choose which level of fill is used for sorting.
sort_dir: Sorting direction: "asc" or "desc". Default: "asc".
width: Numeric. Bar width. Default: 0.7.
...: Additional args passed to ggplot2::geom_bar(), e.g. alpha, color.

Value

A ggplot object.