Re: Axis in two scales
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- Subject: [mg92602] Re: Axis in two scales
- From: "David Park" <djmpark at comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 06:23:34 -0400 (EDT)
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That is a very nice idea Szabolcs! (But I would use a Frame rather than an Axis plot so the tick values weren't obscured by the plot.) -- David Park djmpark at comcast.net http://home.comcast.net/~djmpark/ "Szabolcs Horv=E1t" <szhorvat at gmail.com> wrote in message news:gcffqv$f62$1 at smc.vnet.net... > Nacho wrote: >> Hello everyone. >> >> I have a dataset in pairs (x,y) that I would like to plot. The main >> problem is that the data set has interesting parts in the beginning >> that I would like to view clearly. >> >> As an example, create the following table: >> >> t = Table[{x, If[x < .5, Sin[100*x], Sin[x]]}, {x, 0, 5, 0.001}]; >> ListPlot[t] >> >> You have a very detailed sine in the beginnng and the rest is less >> interesting. >> >> I would like to "split" the X axis in two, so the left half of the >> plot covers x={0,0.5} and the second half x={0.5,5}] in the same p= lot >> and with the right ticks. >> >> It is like a piecewise axis... is it possible? >> > > You can use custom tick marks, take a look at Ticks and FrameTicks. > > Here's a way to do it: > > First we define a function to transform x coordinates: > > trafo = \[Piecewise] { > {#, # <= 0.5}, > {Rescale[#, {0.5, 5}, {0.5, 1}], # > 0.5} > } & > > In our case this is just a piecewise linear rescaling. > > Then apply this function to x coordinates and to the tick positions tha= t > we wish to show: > > ListPlot[ > {trafo[#1], #2} & @@@ t, > Ticks -> > {{trafo[#], #} & /@ Join[Range[0, 0.5, 0.1], Range[1, 5]], > Automatic} > ] > > The advantage of this approach is that it is easily generalized: we > could have used trafo = #^(1/3) & for a fancy non-linear scaling, or > just trafo = Log to mimic ListLogLinearPlot (better not try to put a > tick mark at 0 in this case). > >