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Re: precision of y-axis values in plot

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  • Subject: [mg123719] Re: precision of y-axis values in plot
  • From: Armand Tamzarian <mike.honeychurch at gmail.com>
  • Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:51:26 -0500 (EST)
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On Dec 15, 9:01 pm, Nathan <nhroll... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm relatively new to Mathematica.  I'm having a problem with the
> precision of the y-axis values of some of my plots.  All of the data
> labels show up as "2422.3", which isn't very informative since they're
> all the same.  I need the plot to show two more decimal point values
> (ex: "2422.305").  I've looked high and low and can't find any way to
> do this.  Any ideals?  Thanks!
>
> Nathan.

What you need to do is make a tick function and wrap NumberForm around
your labels and set the number of decimal points that you want. If you
do a search on here for tick functions and NumberForm you should find
many examples.

Mike



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