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Re: Axis number format

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Enhanced mode is the default since ~5.0

And there is a host of advanced format specifiers available for the 
use with gprintf() and in gp format definition strings.

    set xtics format "10^{%T}"

check "help format specifiers"

Cheers, Karl



Am 10.01.2021 um 17:24 schrieb Gavin Buxton:
> Hi
> 
> I don't know if there is a way to do this automatically, but for a given plot you can set the tics to be whatever you want. Here' the example:
> 
> set xtics ("low" 0, "medium" 50, "high" 100)
> 
> For your plot it would be something like
> 
> set xtics ("1^{-10}" 1e-10, "1^{-9}" 1e-9, "1^{-8}" 1e-8, "1^{-7}" 1e-7, "1^{-6}" 1e-6, "1^{-5}" 1e-5, "1^{-4}" 1e-4, "1^{-3}" 1e-3, "1^{-2}" 1e-2, "1^{-1}" 1e-1)
> 
> Note if this is too cluttered you can do just odd or even or whatever:
> 
> set xtics ("1^{-10}" 1e-10, "1^{-8}" 1e-8, "1^{-6}" 1e-6, "1^{-4}" 1e-4, "1^{-2}" 1e-2, "1" 1)
> 
> Just make sure when you set your terminal you set "advanced", as I don't think superscripts work otherwise (might be wrong though).
> 

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Axis number format Dieter Britz <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> - 2021-01-10 14:43 +0000
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    Re: Axis number format Karl Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2021-01-11 09:34 +0100

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