Re: Scientific Notation in ListPlot Axes
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- Subject: [mg47382] Re: Scientific Notation in ListPlot Axes
- From: riley.freeland at corning.com (Riley Freeland)
- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 03:16:44 -0400 (EDT)
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- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
The easiest way is to have the ticks be:
Ticks -> {Table[{10^x, DisplayForm[SuperscriptBox["10", x]]}, {x, -6,
-1}], Automatic}
Ticks -> {Table[{10^x, ScientificForm[1.*10^x, NumberFormat -> (10^#3
& )]}, {x, -6, -1}], Automatic}
Or, you can plot the data with automatic ticking, and replace the
ticklabels:
(* plot the data, without displaying it *)
plt = LogLinearListPlot[data, PlotRange -> {0, 100}, TextStyle ->
FontSize -> 12, DisplayFunction -> Identity];
(* strip out the major ticks, i.e. those with labels *)
majorTicks = Select[(Ticks /. AbsoluteOptions[plt])[[1]], #1[[2]] =!=
"" & ];
(* strip out the minor ticks, i.e. those without labels *)
minorTicks = Select[(Ticks /. AbsoluteOptions[plt])[[1]], #1[[2]] ===
"" & ];
(* replace the tick label with the proper formatting, and join them to
the minor ticks *)
xTicks = Join[(ReplacePart[##1, ScientificForm[#1[[2,1]], NumberFormat
-> (10^#3 & )], 2] & ) /@ majorTicks, minorTicks];
(* replot the data *)
Show[plt, Ticks -> {xTicks, Automatic}, DisplayFunction ->
$DisplayFunction];
> Hi,
>
> I apologize up front for posting a seemingly FAQ...but I searched the
> archives and did not find what I need.
>
> How can I format the axis of a LogLinearListPlot to display tick
> labels as scientific notation without the "1 x " portion? In other
> words, I'd just like to display the base 10 and superscript exponent.
> Here is an example of a plot whose x-axis I'd like to label in this
> way:
>
> data = {{10^-6,72},{10^-5,60},{10^-4,45},{10^-3,31},{10^-2,33},{10^-1,32}}
> << Graphics`Graphics`
> LogLinearListPlot[data,
> Ticks->{{10^-6,10^-5,10^-4,10^-3,10^-2,10^-1},Automatic},
> PlotRange->{0, 100}]
>
> Many thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Pat