DescriptionR-horsekick totals-stackline.svg	English: Vertical line plot (histogram-like) example for discrete data. Data = von Bortkiewicz's famous dataset of deaths by horse kick in Prussian cavalry corps
Date	6 March 2009
Source	Own work
Author	HYanWong
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svg(file = "R-horsekick_totals-stackline.svg", width = 4, height = 2.5, pointsize = 8)
#Vertical line plot (histogram-like) example for discrete data. Data = von Bortkiewicz's famous dataset of deaths by horse kick in Prussian cavalry corps
library("pscl")
par(mar=c(4,4,4,2)+0.1)
plot(table(tapply(prussian$y, prussian$year, sum)), type="h", xlim=c(0,20), ylim=c(0,3), xlab=expression(italic("deathsPerYear")),xaxt="n", yaxt="n", ylab="Number of years", bty="n")
axis(1,0:20, tcl=0, las=2)
axis(2, 0:3, las=2)
title("Deaths by horsekick in \nPrussian cavalry corps, 1875-94")
dev.off()