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| Re: Adding a Table to a plot [message #40554 is a reply to message #40553] |
Thu, 19 August 2004 06:05  |
hunter
Messages: 9
Registered: June 2003
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David Fanning <davidf@dfanning.com> wrote in message news:<MPG.1b8d7caffdbb0f1f989842@news.frii.com>...
> Hunter writes:
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>> I generated a ternary plot(a triangular coordinate system which
>> indicates the relative scale of three quantities) which I am exporting
>> to a PS file and I want to add some indication of the real scale of
>> the numbers. I created it using direct graphics with some plot and
>> xyouts commands.
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>> Anyway, I'd like to add a simple table to the plot listing the
>> numbers. But I am not sure of the most efficient way to do this. I
>> guess one way would be to try multiple plots and put a grid on one
>> axis, with the ternary diagram on the other, but it would be nice to
>> overlap them some.
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>> Is direct graphics the way to go? or should I try ans switch to object
>> graphics.
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> Isn't a table just some text (XYOUTS) with some lines (PLOTS)
> drawn around them?
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> Cheers,
>
> David
Yep,
Just wondering if there was a more "built in" way to do this. But it's
not hard as it is.
Thanks for the help,
Eli
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| Re: Adding a Table to a plot [message #40560 is a reply to message #40554] |
Wed, 18 August 2004 14:48 |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Hunter writes:
> I generated a ternary plot(a triangular coordinate system which
> indicates the relative scale of three quantities) which I am exporting
> to a PS file and I want to add some indication of the real scale of
> the numbers. I created it using direct graphics with some plot and
> xyouts commands.
>
> Anyway, I'd like to add a simple table to the plot listing the
> numbers. But I am not sure of the most efficient way to do this. I
> guess one way would be to try multiple plots and put a grid on one
> axis, with the ternary diagram on the other, but it would be nice to
> overlap them some.
>
> Is direct graphics the way to go? or should I try ans switch to object
> graphics.
Isn't a table just some text (XYOUTS) with some lines (PLOTS)
drawn around them?
Cheers,
David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
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