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Re: Labeling logarithmic axes [message #92786 is a reply to message #92734]

Sat, 27 February 2016 11:50

Phillip Bitzer
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Registered: June 2006

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On Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 7:16:10 PM UTC-6, Laura H. wrote:
> The problem is that as soon as I add the ytickname option, the tick marks go back to linear spacing. Does anyone know how to fix this? I should point out that the plotted lines are not affected by the changes to the axis, only the axis markings are.
>
> Thanks much,
>
> Laura H.

Hi Laura-

You're going to want to suppress the minor ticks for this:

p=plot(/test, /ylog, yrange=[1000, 100])
ticks = [1000, 500, 200, 100]
p.ytickvalues = ticks
p.yminor=0

For kicks and giggles:
ticks2 = REVERSE((FINDGEN(10)+1)*100)
p.ytickvalues = ticks2

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		Labeling logarithmic axes By: laura.hike on Thu, 18 February 2016 17:16
		Re: Labeling logarithmic axes By: Phillip Bitzer on Sat, 27 February 2016 11:50
		Re: Labeling logarithmic axes By: laura.hike on Wed, 02 March 2016 12:18
		Re: Labeling logarithmic axes By: laura.hike on Wed, 02 March 2016 12:25

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