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Re: help - how to invert the x or y axis..

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  • Subject: [mg17361] Re: [mg17315] help - how to invert the x or y axis..
  • From: BobHanlon at aol.com
  • Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 01:45:59 -0400
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

In a message dated 5/1/99 4:44:25 AM, jao at chara.gsu.edu writes:

>Does anyone know how to invert the x or y axis?
>I want the y-axis to increase downward, instead of upward.
>According to the "MathSource" said that we can use "MongoArray" package
>to adjust the direstion of each axis.
>HOWEVER, this package can only handel multiple graphics. Forthermore,
>the output size is very small. (I think it is designed for "shared" axes,
>not for single plot.) 
>THEREFORE, does Mathematica can plot a graphic with inverted axis?
>

Sean,

Plot[x^2,{x,1,5}];

To reverse the axis, plot the negative of the function and label the axis 
with its negative.

Plot[-x^2,{x,1,5}, 
		Ticks->{Automatic,Join[Table[{-k, ""}, {k, 25}], 
				Table[{-k, k}, {k, 5, 25, 5}]]}];


Bob Hanlon


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