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Re: Trying to create a plot with strings as x-values... [message #88320 is a reply to message #88316]

Mon, 14 April 2014 05:33

David Fanning
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doowstados@gmail.com writes:

>
> Thanks for your reply!
>
>
> Unfortunately, the strings are text.
>
> I'm looking to make a plot that loosely resembles this:
>
> 5| *
> 4| * *
> 3|* * *
> 2| * *
> 1|*
> 0_________*_________
> A B C D E
>
> But A,B,C,D,E are strings of length 3.
>
> listA contains the x values (strings) with some duplicates
> listB contains the y values (floating point values)

Maybe you are looking for some version of a dot plot:

http://www.idlcoyote.com/gallery/index.html#DOTPLOT

Cheers,

David

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		Trying to create a plot with strings as x-values... By: doowstados on Sun, 13 April 2014 19:32
		Re: Trying to create a plot with strings as x-values... By: David Fanning on Sun, 13 April 2014 21:13
		Re: Trying to create a plot with strings as x-values... By: doowstados on Sun, 13 April 2014 22:18
		Re: Trying to create a plot with strings as x-values... By: Matthew Argall on Mon, 14 April 2014 05:23
		Re: Trying to create a plot with strings as x-values... By: David Fanning on Mon, 14 April 2014 05:33
		Re: Trying to create a plot with strings as x-values... By: doowstados on Mon, 14 April 2014 14:52

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