Re: axes in ListPlot
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- Subject: [mg19612] Re: axes in ListPlot
- From: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 21:09:17 -0400
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Hung-Jen Wang <hjwang at ieas.econ.sinica.edu.tw> wrote in message news:7qqc63$4hc at smc.vnet.net... > Hi, > > I have a list like this: > > aa = {10, 15, 21, 13} -- > > . If I use > ListPlot[aa, PlotJoined->True] > to plot the list, it looks fine. However, if I want to force the origin to > be {0,0} by using > ListPlot[aa, PlotJoined->True, AxesOrigin->{0,0}] > , then the axes appear broken. I mean, for instance, only the part of y > axis between 10 and 21 shows up in the graph. Is there any way to make the > graph looks "normal"? I am using Mathematica 3.0. Thanks in advance. > > H.J. Wang > The extent of the axes is determned by the plot range aa = {10, 15, 21, 13}; ListPlot[aa, PlotJoined -> True, AxesOrigin -> {0, 0}, PlotRange -> {{0, 4}, {0, 21}}] This feature is not just for ListPlot: Plot[Sin[x], {x, 0, 2\[Pi]}, AxesOrigin -> {-1, -2}] Allan --------------------- Allan Hayes Mathematica Training and Consulting Leicester UK www.haystack.demon.co.uk hay at haystack.demon.co.uk Voice: +44 (0)116 271 4198 Fax: +44 (0)870 164 0565