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Re: inconsistent synatx for FillingStyle and PlotStyle? or How to

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  • Subject: [mg103145] Re: inconsistent synatx for FillingStyle and PlotStyle? or How to
  • From: Armand Tamzarian <mike.honeychurch at gmail.com>
  • Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 04:43:37 -0400 (EDT)
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On Sep 8, 4:58 am, "Nasser Abbasi" <n... at 12000.org> wrote:
> Problem: Make a ListPlot, and have each Point be a different color.
> Solution: Use Directive
>
> ListPlot[{{{1, 1}}, {{2, 3}}},
>     PlotStyle -> {Directive[Red], Directive[Blue]},
>    AxesOrigin -> {0, 0}]
>
> Problem : Make a ListPlot, but with vertical lines, and have each line be=
 a
> different color.
>
> You would expect the synatx to be the same as above, just use Filling->Ax=
is
> and use FillingStyle-> insteadl of PlotStyle->, right? But it does not wo=
rk
>
> Solution attempt:
>
> ListPlot[{{{1, 1}}, {{2, 3}}},
>   Filling -> Axis,
>   FillingStyle -> {Directive[Red], Directive[Blue]},
>   AxesOrigin -> {0, 0}]
>
> Now I looked at help, and it says:
>
> "Directives can be combined using Directive[g1,g2,....]"
>
> So, I tried this
>
> ListPlot[{{{1, 1}}, {{2, 3}}},
> Filling -> Axis,
>   FillingStyle -> Directive[Red, Blue],
>   AxesOrigin -> {0, 0}]
>
> And this did not work either. I also tried
>
> ListPlot[{{{1, 1}}, {{2, 3}}},
>   FillingStyle -> {Red, Blue},
>   AxesOrigin -> {0, 0},
>   Filling -> Axis]
>
> I also tried
>
> ListPlot[{{{1, 1}}, {{2, 3}}},
>   FillingStyle -> Directive[{Red, Blue}],
>   AxesOrigin -> {0, 0},
>   Filling -> Axis]
>
> Am I getting any closer? I tried above 10 other ways, and can't get it to=
 do
> this. so I give up :)
>
> Any idea how to make each vertical line be colored differently according =
to
> my own list of colors?
>
> thanks,
> --Nasser

One way is simply to specify it with Filling:

ListPlot[{{{1, 1}}, {{2, 3}}}, PlotRange -> {{0, 2}, {0, 3}},
 Filling -> {{1 -> {0, Blue}}, {2 -> {0, Red}}}]

I couldn't figure it out using FillingStyle

Mike


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