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Re: Another possible bug of the plot function in IDL8.2.3 [message #85295 is a reply to message #85284]

Tue, 23 July 2013 06:21

Xin Tao
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Registered: April 2011

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Will do. Thanks for your reply.

Xin

On Tuesday, July 23, 2013 12:56:40 AM UTC+8, Mark Piper wrote:
> On Sunday, July 21, 2013 6:28:46 AM UTC-6, Xin Tao wrote:
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>> IDL> print, !version
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>> { x86_64 darwin unix Mac OS X 8.2.3 May 2 2013 64 64}
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>> Here is the problem I have found. Not sure whether other people have reported this or not. I discovered this while making some plot using data from a simulation. So the numbers below might look strange to you.
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>> IDL> print, mean_b
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>> 0.0024484981
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>> IDL> print, maxb
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>> 0.047594825
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>> IDL> print, minb
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>> 1.0000000e-18
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>> IDL> a=plot([0,999], [minb,maxb], /ylog, yrange=[mean_b, maxb])
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>> The y axis of this plot is totally wrong. There is something wrong with the use of YRANGE in this case. However, if I do the following, the resulting figure looks fine.
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>> IDL> a=plot([0,999], [minb,maxb], /ylog)
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>> IDL> a.yrange=[mean_b, maxb]
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>> This sounds like a bug to me, but I'm not sure whether other people can reproduce this or not.
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>> Xin
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> Hi Xin,
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> Yup, this is a bug, just reported last week & with the workaround you've found. Would you please send a quick email to Tech Support so they can add you to the ticket? It's IDL-68781.
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> mp

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		Another possible bug of the plot function in IDL8.2.3 By: Xin Tao on Sun, 21 July 2013 05:28
		Re: Another possible bug of the plot function in IDL8.2.3 By: Mark Piper on Mon, 22 July 2013 09:56
		Re: Another possible bug of the plot function in IDL8.2.3 By: Xin Tao on Tue, 23 July 2013 06:21

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