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Re: Scientific Notation in ListPlot Axes

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  • Subject: [mg47392] Re: Scientific Notation in ListPlot Axes
  • From: "Kevin J. McCann" <kjm at KevinMcCann.com>
  • Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 20:41:11 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <c4u20u$9ak$1@smc.vnet.net> <c50a51$msl$1@smc.vnet.net>
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I tried all of the suggestions on this, and except for the 10^-6 tick, I get
it in decimal form, e.g. 0.00001.

Kevin

"Bob Hanlon" <bobhanlon at aol.com> wrote in message
news:c50a51$msl$1 at smc.vnet.net...
> data={{10^-6,72},{10^-5,60},{10^-4,45},
>       {10^-3,31},{10^-2,33},{10^-1,32}};
>
> Needs["Graphics`Graphics`"];
>
> LogLinearListPlot[data,Ticks->{Table[
>           {10^-n,ScientificForm[1.*10^(-n),
>               NumberFormat->(10^#3&)]},{n,6}],
>         Automatic},PlotRange->{0,100}];
>
> However, it is difficult to see the exponent on the labels.  You could
just use
> the exponents.
>
> LogLinearListPlot[data,
>     Ticks->{Table[{10^-n,-n},{n,6}],Automatic},
>     PlotRange->{0,100}, AxesLabel->{10^x,None}];
>
>
> Bob Hanlon
>
> In article <c4u20u$9ak$1 at smc.vnet.net>, pspicer at fuse.net (Patrick Spicer)
> wrote:
>
> << 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}]



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