Re: Scientific Notation in ListPlot Axes
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- Subject: [mg47368] Re: Scientific Notation in ListPlot Axes
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 03:16:26 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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Hi,
gr = LogLinearListPlot[data,
Ticks -> {({#, ScientificForm[N[#]]} & /@ {10^-6, 10^-5, 10^-4,
10^-3, 10^-2, 10^-1}), Automatic}, PlotRange -> {0, 100}];
Regards
Jens
Patrick Spicer wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I apologize up front for posting a seemingly FAQ...but I searched the
> archives and did not find what I need.
>
> How can I format the axis of a LogLinearListPlot to display tick
> labels as scientific notation without the "1 x " portion? In other
> words, I'd just like to display the base 10 and superscript exponent.
> Here is an example of a plot whose x-axis I'd like to label in this
> way:
>
> data = {{10^-6,72},{10^-5,60},{10^-4,45},{10^-3,31},{10^-2,33},{10^-1,32}}
> << Graphics`Graphics`
> LogLinearListPlot[data,
> Ticks->{{10^-6,10^-5,10^-4,10^-3,10^-2,10^-1},Automatic},
> PlotRange->{0, 100}]
>
> Many thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Pat