Set Aspect Ratio of Scatter Plot and Bar Plot in R Programming - Using asp in plot() Function

asp is a parameter of the plot() function in R Language is used to set aspect ratio of plots (Scatterplot and Barplot). Aspect ratio is defined as proportional relationship between width and height of the plot axes.

Syntax: plot(x, y, asp ) Parameters: x, y: Coordinates of x and y axis asp: Aspect ratio

Example 1: Output:

• Plot Without Aspect Ratio: 👁 Plot-without-aspect-ratio
  
• Plot with Aspect Ratio: 👁 plot-with-aspect-ratio
  

Example 2: Output:

• Bar Plot Without Aspect Ratio: 👁 Barplot-without-aspect-ratio
  
• Bar Plot with Aspect Ratio: 👁 Barplot-with-aspect-ratio
  

Here, the asp option increases the width of the y-axis.