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Re: two y-axes in one plot

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  • Subject: [mg8100] Re: [mg8040] two y-axes in one plot
  • From: Thomas Bohl <T.Bohl at cern.ch>
  • Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 00:54:40 -0400
  • Organization: CERN European Lab for Particle Physics
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Fabian Haas wrote:
> 
> Buttgereit <Buttgereit at compuserve.com> wrote
> 
> >Hi,
> >an example:
> >
> >Plot[
> > {
> >  Sin[x],
> >  .5 2 Cos[x]
> > }, {x,0,2 Pi},
> > Frame->{True,True,False,True},
> > FrameTicks->{
> >    Automatic,
> >    {{-1,"-1"},{0,"0"},{1,"1"}},
> >    False,
> >    {{1,"2"},{.5,"1"},{0,"0"},{-.5,"1"},{1,"2"}}
> >   }
> >]
> >
> >1. Map one y-range into the other; here I have mapped the range {-2,2} of
> 
> >
> >the function 2 Cos[x] into the range {-1,1} of Sin[x] - so both functions
> 
> >
> >will use all available space to be displayed (or use an other map to have
> > a
> >certain scale).
> >
> >2. use different FrameTicks for different axes.
> >
> >Tom Wickham-Jones has defined a couple of functions for labeling ticks.
> >They are described and explained in his book "Mathematica Graphics"
> >(Springer, '94) - it might already be available on MathSource
> >(EnhancedGraphics or something like that).
> >
> >If you use Graphics`MultipleListPlot` you will easily be able to use
> >different styles for your two functions...
> >
> >Greetings,
> >Peter
> 
> Hi,
> 
> the simplest way would be to use Plot for each function and define your=
>  styles there. Then combined the Plots with Show[ p1, p2, p3 ].
> If you only want to have differnent line colours use PlotStyle option.
> 
> Cheers
> 
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I am using the IBM RISC System/6000 Version 2.2 (Sep 22, 1994) and whatever
I do, I get frame ticks/labels on the left hand axis but on the right hand
axis I just get the ticks (but NO labels). 

Is that a feature of Version 2.2?

Cheers,
Thomas.


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