Plot absolute values in stacked bar plot

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Lisa Rosenblum
Lisa Rosenblum on 17 Jan 2023
Commented: Dyuman Joshi on 18 Jan 2023
Dear all,
I am creating a stacked bar plot showing ABSOLUTE values (see figure attached).
I am wondering how I can plot the absolute, not the relative numbers, on the seperate bar segments (as depicted by white numbers on the attached plot).
Thank you and all the best,
Lisa
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Dyuman Joshi
Dyuman Joshi on 17 Jan 2023
Please attach your data or give a sample data.
Lisa Rosenblum
Lisa Rosenblum on 18 Jan 2023
Hi Dyuman, attached please find the code.
The final plot should look like the on on the previously attached file.
Thanks you so much!
x = [ 15 40 22; 6 13 4];
ba = bar(X,'stacked','FaceColor','flat')
ylim([0 100])
leg = legend({'1','2','3'})
ylabel(['%'])
xticklabels({'Yes', 'No'})
a = get(gca,'XTickLabel');
set(gca,'XTickLabel',a,'fontsize',16)
legend boxoff

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Dyuman Joshi
Dyuman Joshi on 18 Jan 2023
x = [15 40 22; 6 13 4];
b = bar(x,'stacked','FaceColor','flat');
ylim([0 100])
legend({'1','2','3'});
ylabel('%')
xticklabels({'Yes', 'No'})
a = get(gca,'XTickLabel');
set(gca,'XTickLabel',a,'fontsize',16)
%defining x and y coordinates and labels
xt = [1 2 1 2 1 2];
yt = reshape(cumsum(x,2),1,[])-2;
label = reshape(x,1,[]);
text(xt,yt,string(label),'HorizontalAlignment','center','FontSize',7,'Color','k')
%white didn't look good
legend boxoff
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Elli
Elli on 18 Jan 2023
Great, that works perfect! Thanks!
Which part would need to be adjusted if working with more than two bars? For example with an input variable such as
x = [15 40 22; 6 13 4; 17 30 5];
Dyuman Joshi
Dyuman Joshi on 18 Jan 2023
@Elli, that would be like this -
x = [15 40 22; 6 13 4; 17 30 5];
b = bar(x,'stacked','FaceColor','flat');
ylim([0 100])
legend({'1','2','3'});
ylabel('%')
xticklabels({'Yes', 'No'})
a = get(gca,'XTickLabel');
set(gca,'XTickLabel',a,'fontsize',16)
%defining x and y coordinates and labels
%part adjusted
%you can verify the code by using any numbers of rows in your data
r = size(x,1);
xt = repmat([1:r],1, r);
yt = reshape(cumsum(x,2),1,[])-2;
label = reshape(x,1,[]);
text(xt,yt,string(label),'HorizontalAlignment','center','FontSize',7,'Color','k')
%white didn't look good
legend boxoff

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