changing the NumberForm of Automatic Plot Ticks
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg90662] changing the NumberForm of Automatic Plot Ticks
- From: Stern <nycstern at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:02:06 -0400 (EDT)
When using Mathematica to analyze financial problems, I often create graphs in which the Y axis describes amounts of money. These are typically large enough that Mathematica switches to scientific notation (that is, 2.7x10^8 rather than $270,000,000). I can force the latter with a custom Ticks function (Table[{i,"$" <> ToString[NumberForm[i, DigitBlock -> 3, ExponentFunction -> (Null &)], etc.) but this becomes inelegant when it's buried inside a Manipulate call and the range and spacing of the ticks are changing. Is there some straightforward way to change the formatting of these tick numbers? Thanks, Michael Stern