Re: Multi-Colored Filling in DateListPlot
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- Subject: [mg104126] Re: Multi-Colored Filling in DateListPlot
- From: Armand Tamzarian <mike.honeychurch at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:52:16 -0400 (EDT)
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On Oct 19, 6:11=C2 am, jroge <jr... at mac.com> wrote: > I am working on developing some financial reports and I have gotten > stuck on using multiple colors in the filling of a DateListPlot. I > would like to have the color of the filling alternate between blue and > pink each quarter (or year depending on the plot) rather than a single > color in the entire filling. Here is an example of what I am trying to > do: > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125479559237566623.html > > I suspect that FillingStyle is the function I need to use, but calling > out each quarter's (or year's) data is beyond me. Any thoughts? I have > been using a fairly generic plot of GE stock data for exploration: > > DateListPlot[FinancialData["GE", "Jan. 1, 2008"], Joined -> True, > Filling -> Bottom] > > Thanks, > > Jroge I saw a blog post that describes how to do this: http://wildebeests.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/creating-highlighting-bands-in-plots/ Easiest way is to split your data into separate lists for periods you want shaded eg. months, quarters etc. DateListPlot[{month1,month2,month3 ...}, Filling{Filling=E2=86=92{{1=E2=86= =92Bottom}, {1=E2=86=92Top}, {2=E2=86=92Bottom}, {2=E2=86=92Top},=E2=80=A6}] Mike