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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.

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  • 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:

Wolfram Language code: Table[BarChart[{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, BarOrigin -> o, PlotLabel -> o], {o, {Bottom, Top, Left, Right}}]

Change the bar origin in three dimensions:

Wolfram Language code: Table[BarChart3D[{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, ImageSize -> Small, BarOrigin -> o, PlotLabel -> o], {o, {Bottom, Top, Left, Right}}]

Applications  (2)

Create a bilateral bar chart:

Wolfram Language code: countries = CountryData["G8"]; {dataLeft, dataRight} = Table[1*^-9 CountryData[#, s]& /@ countries, {s, {"ExportValue", "ImportValue"}}];
Wolfram Language code: labeler[v_, {r_, 2}, __] := Placed[countries[[r]], {{0., 0.5}, {0.5, 0.5}}]

Use positive and negative values to encode export and import:

Wolfram Language code: BarChart[Transpose@{dataLeft, -dataRight}, ChartLayout -> "Stacked", BarOrigin -> Left, LabelingFunction -> labeler, FrameTicks -> {Table[{k, Abs@k}, {k, -2000, 2000, 500}], None}, Frame -> Bottom, ChartLegends -> {"Exports", "Imports"}]

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

Wolfram Language code: BarChart[Labeled[#2, #1, Before]&@@@Take[Reverse@SortBy[Tally@Flatten@Characters@ExampleData[{"Text", "DeclarationOfIndependence"}, "Words"], Last], 20], BarSpacing -> 0, BarOrigin -> Left]
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_2026_barorigin, author="Wolfram Research", title="{BarOrigin}", year="2008", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/BarOrigin.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_barorigin, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={BarOrigin}, year={2008}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/BarOrigin.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}