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I have a BarChart (Mathematica 9.0.1)

BarChart[{1, 2, 3},
ChartLabels -> (Rotate[Text[Style[#, FontSize -> Scaled[0.05]]], -Pi/2]
& /@{abcdabcd,abcdabcd, abcdabcd})]

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and would like to add a vertical label to the y-axis. I tried

BarChart[{1, 2, 3},
ChartLabels -> (Rotate[Text[Style[#, FontSize -> Scaled[0.05]]], -Pi/2]
& /@ {abcdabcd, abcdabcd, abcdabcd}),
FrameLabel -> {None, "y-axis"},
Frame -> {False, True, False, False}]

and it's perfect except for a gap between the two axes (which is somehow extremely ugly with the actual data):

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I tried using Labeled, but then the label is positioned too low (i want it at the center of the y-axis):

Labeled[BarChart[{1, 2, 3},
ChartLabels -> (Rotate[Text[Style[#, FontSize -> Scaled[0.05]]], -Pi/2]
& /@ {abcdabcd, abcdabcd, abcdabcd})],
{Rotate[Style["y-axis", FontFamily -> "Helvetica"], Pi/2]}, {Left}]

(Can't post > 2 links)

Any help would be most appreciated!

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  • $\begingroup$ Welcome, Stefan. I embedded the images for you. The image/link limitation is an anti-spam measure that will be lifted once you start using the site more. $\endgroup$
    – Mr.Wizard
    May 18, 2013 at 14:07
  • $\begingroup$ @Silvia: If I try that, the gap is gone, but so is the label ('y-axis'). $\endgroup$
    – Stefan Ca
    May 18, 2013 at 17:24
  • $\begingroup$ Oops, you're right. Sorry for my oversight.. $\endgroup$
    – Silvia
    May 18, 2013 at 17:42
  • $\begingroup$ Related: (18807), (19893) $\endgroup$
    – Mr.Wizard
    Mar 7, 2017 at 6:48

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In your second attempt (which results in the gap), you can remove the gap by eliminating the PlotRangePadding for the x-axis.

PlotRangePadding -> {0, 0}
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  • $\begingroup$ You're right, that's even a bit simpler than Mr. Wizards solution. $\endgroup$
    – Stefan Ca
    May 18, 2013 at 17:28
  • $\begingroup$ @Stefan For what it's worth the output (from this) looks a bit different on version 7, and the longer code was required to match your output. Also, I believe you should be able to use the slightly shorter PlotRangePadding -> 0 to produce the same output as given by PlotRangePadding -> {0, 0}. $\endgroup$
    – Mr.Wizard
    May 19, 2013 at 5:52
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This feels a lot more complicated than it should be, but I think at least it works:

BarChart[{1, 2, 3},
 ChartLabels ->
  (Rotate[Text[Style[#, FontSize -> Scaled[0.05]]], -Pi/2] & /@ {abcdabcd, abcdabcd, abcdabcd}),
 FrameLabel -> {None, "y-axis"},
 Frame -> {1, 1, 0, 0},
 FrameTicks -> {None, All},
 PlotRangePadding -> {0.1, 0}
]

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  • $\begingroup$ Thank you very much! It's exactly what a needed. $\endgroup$
    – Stefan Ca
    May 18, 2013 at 14:41

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