Re: line graph problems

[Martin Schultz <martin.schultz(at)dkrz.de>]

Brian wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have a couple of problems I was hoping that someone might be able to
> help me with...
> 
> First of all I am trying to automate the process of creating a series
> of line graphs for a project (approximately 50).  I could do this in
> Excel, but it is very time consuming.  I was hoping to use IDL to make
> the process easier, but it seems to be causing me just as many
> headaches.

... but presumably the pain affects a better part of your brain ;-)

> [...]   My second problem relates to the y-axis.  In
> several of my plots I have a few y values that are large while the
> rest are many times smaller.  Is it possible to create a broken y-axis
> so I can bring out the smaller values while still displaying the
> larger ones?

In the ESRG library is a routine to do at leat part of this (draw the
zigzag): it's called axgap.pro, and you can find it here:

 http://www.mpimet.mpg.de/~schultz.martin/idl/html/src/esrg/axgap.pro

Cheers,
Martin

> 
> Any help that can be provided will be greatly appreciated!
> 
> Brian
> please remove the _ns if replying directly by email...

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