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Re: label x axis [message #56103 is a reply to message #56101]

Wed, 03 October 2007 07:33

David Fanning
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queiny writes:

> I have an hourly dataset for one year. The time is recorded as
> 2004.xxxxx, where 'xxxxx' goes from 0 - 1, represent the portion of
> that hour in the year. For example, 0.5 will be July 2, 00:00am (since
> it is a leap year). But when this time is used as x axis, it is not
> very clear when it is: 2004.2, 2004.4, etc. Is there a way to label
> the x axis with Jan. 2004, April 2004, etc. And if I only plot the
> data for one month, it can lable, July 1st, 11th, 21th, etc.
>
> Do I have to calculate them using 'xtickv', 'xtickn'? Or there are
> some existing pro.

Why don't you write one and call it with XTICKFORMAT:

http://www.dfanning.com/tips/exponents.html

Cheers,

David
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		Re: label x axis By: David Fanning on Wed, 03 October 2007 08:16
		Re: label x axis By: queiny on Wed, 03 October 2007 07:55
		Re: label x axis By: David Fanning on Wed, 03 October 2007 07:33

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