Re: How invert x-axis in a plot?
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- Subject: [mg17716] Re: How invert x-axis in a plot?
- From: phbrf at t-online.de (Peter Breitfeld)
- Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 02:25:30 -0400
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Helmuth Kristen <hkristen at cfa.harvard.edu> schrieb:
> Hi there,
>
> I wonder how to invert the x-axis in a Mathematica plot. Inverting the
> PlotRange of the axis from e.g.{-100,100} to {100,-100} does not help.
> The reason I want to invert the axis is that the ordinate of
> celestial coordinates,
> the so-called "rectascension", increases from right to left.
Helmuth,
I think you have to do it manually. To plot eg. f[x_]=x^3+x-4 the way
you want, you could try:
Plot[f[-x],{x,-4,4},PlotRange{-10,10},
Ticks->{Table[{i,-i},{i,-4,4}],Automatic}];
Have a look how to create Tick-Mark-functions in Section 2.9.5 of the
Mathematica Book.
Es gruesst Peter
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