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Create a Bar Chart with Plotly

Source: R/generate_bar_chart.R
generate_bar_chart.Rd

This function creates a bar chart for visualizing data such as income, expenses, and savings. It supports a colorblind-friendly mode by changing the color palette. The function is primarily designed for use in a Shiny application to display financial data.

Usage

generate_bar_chart(data, colorblind_switch)

Arguments

data

A data frame containing the data to be plotted. Expected to contain at least two columns: 'category' for the data categories and 'amount' for the values.

colorblind_switch

Logical flag indicating whether to use a colorblind-friendly color palette.

Value

A Plotly ggplot object representing the bar chart.

Author

Group C composed of Marc Bourleau, Eleonore Gillain, Khrystyna Khmilovska and Konstantinos Kourlimpinis.

Examples

# Example usage:
data <- data.frame(
  category = c("Income", "Expenses", "Savings"),
  amount = c(1000, 750, 250)
)
# Example for a colorblind-friendly chart
plot <- generate_bar_chart(data, TRUE)
# In a Shiny app, use renderPlotly() to display this plot