Getting the axis numbers right
Suppose you want a y-axis number range from 0
to
0.0008
and an x-axis number
range from -40
to 30
. You set the axis scales
with the commands below and by default you will get the left axis box
in the figure below.
SCALE -40 30 0 .0008 ! x-axis: -40 to 30, y-axis: 0 to 0.0008
GRAPH\AXESONLY ! only plot the axes
But suppose you want the y-axis numbers to be of the form
n.0
with something like (×10-m)
included as part of the y-axis label. Then you could enter the
commands below to produce the axis box on the right in the figure.
SET YPOWERAUTO 0 ! do not automatically calculate the y-axis power
SET YPOWER -4 ! set the y-axis power
SET YNUMBEROFDECIMALS 1 ! number of decimal places for y-axis numbers
SET YNUMBEROFDIGITS 3 ! number of digits for y-axis numbers
SCALE -40 30 0 .0008 ! set the axis scales after the numbering format
GRAPH\AXESONLY ! just plot the axes