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BarChart

Bar chart of a list of values.

$ wo 'Head[BarChart[{1, 2, 3, 4}]]'
Graphics

BarOrigin -> Left (or Right) renders a horizontal bar chart, with categories down the left edge and bars growing sideways from zero.

$ wo 'Head[BarChart[{1, 2, 3, 4}, BarOrigin -> Left]]'
Graphics

ChartStyle -> "Pastel" colors each bar with a distinct color from the named gradient color scheme.

$ wo 'Head[BarChart[{1, 2, 3, 4}, ChartStyle -> "Pastel"]]'
Graphics

Options

  • BarOrigin — Bottom (default, vertical) or Left/Right (horizontal).

  • LabelingFunction — applied to each bar value to label the bar's end.

  • ChartLabels — category labels along the axis.

  • ChartLegends — legend entries.
  • ChartStyle — color / directive, list of directives, or a named ColorData gradient scheme (each bar gets a distinct color sampled from the scheme). Supported scheme names: "Pastel", "Rainbow", "SolarColors", "TemperatureMap", "ThermometerColors", "DarkRainbow", "Aquamarine", "StarryNightColors", "AvocadoColors", "SunsetColors", "FruitPunchColors", "CherryTones".
  • ChartElementFunction — custom shape for each bar.
  • BarSpacing — gap between bars.
  • ImageSize, PlotLabel, AxesLabel, Frame, FrameLabel, PlotRange — as for Plot.