Re: plotting with dotted lines, not dashed
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- Subject: [mg104438] Re: plotting with dotted lines, not dashed
- From: dh <dh at metrohm.com>
- Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:54:45 -0500 (EST)
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Hi Robert,
in version 7.0.1:
from the manual:
Dotted: Dotted is equivalent to Dashing[{0, Small}]:
Dashing: If a segment has a length Subscript[r, i] specified as 0, it is
drawn as a dot whose diameter is the thickness of the line.
hope this helps, Daniel
Robert Rosenbaum wrote:
> I need to plot a function with a dotted line for a figure to be
> published. As you may know PlotStyle->Dotted simply makes a dashed
> line with small dashes. Since I already have a dashed line in the
> figure, I would prefer an actual dotted line for this function.
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> I tried ListPlot with PlotMarkers set to discs, but these get spaced
> according to the grid in the list I send to ListPlot. In order to
> space them equally like Dashed does, I'd have to make a non-uniform
> grid that depends on the derivative of my function (which I don't have
> a closed form for).
>
> Surely there is a reasonable way to plot with a dotted line, right?
> Any ideas?
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> Best,
> Robert
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