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Re: COLORBAR label too long [message #55357 is a reply to message #55356]

Fri, 17 August 2007 10:54

Paul Van Delst[1]
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Registered: April 2002

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Ryan. wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I have created a nice-looking plot with a color bar on the top but the
> labels extend too far past the end of the bar. My plot is positioned
> in the bottom 80% of the window and the color bar is in the top 20%
> (using the POSITION keywords). The array of values I give to the
> COLORBAR procedure extends beyond the end of the bar.
>
> Here is a diagram of what happens:
>
> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 <-labels
> ---------------------
> --------------------- <-colorbar
> ____________
> | |
> | | <-plot
> | |
> |___________ |
>
> Here is my code:
> PLOT, FINDGEN(10), POSITION=[0.05, 0.05, 0.95, 0.82]
>
> ticks = (SINDGEN((clrTableLength/5)+1)*5)-(clrTableLength/2)
>
> COLORBAR, BOTTOM=0, NCOLORS=clrTableLength, /TOP, $
> TICKNAMES=ticks, COLOR=black, DIVISIONS=(clrTableLength/5), $
> POSITION=[0.07, 0.87, 0.93, 0.95]
>
> 'clrTableLength' is the length of a color table I created. Currently
> I am using a table of length 100 (i.e. clrTableLength=100)

Shouldn't "divisions" = (clrTableLength/5)+1 ?

cheers,

paulv

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		Re: COLORBAR label too long By: David Fanning on Sat, 18 August 2007 06:43
		Re: COLORBAR label too long By: David Fanning on Fri, 17 August 2007 14:03
		Re: COLORBAR label too long By: rchughes on Fri, 17 August 2007 13:36
		Re: COLORBAR label too long By: rchughes on Fri, 17 August 2007 11:30
		Re: COLORBAR label too long By: David Fanning on Fri, 17 August 2007 11:10
		Re: COLORBAR label too long By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Fri, 17 August 2007 10:54
		Re: COLORBAR label too long By: rchughes on Fri, 17 August 2007 10:45

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