symlog.cxx File Reference

Detailed Description

This ROOT 7 example shows how to use symlog scale on RAxis See discussion on forum https://root-forum.cern.ch/t/symlog-scale-for-plotting/ for more details.

 
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#include "ROOT/RCanvas.hxx"
#include "ROOT/RFrameTitle.hxx"
#include "ROOT/RFrame.hxx"
#include "ROOT/RMarker.hxx"
 
using namespace ROOT::Experimental;
 
auto symlog_style = RStyle::Parse("frame { margins_left: 0.1; }"
                                  "title { margin: 0.01; height: 0.1; }"
                                  "marker { onframe: true; clipping: true; }"
                                  ".group1 { marker_style: 8; marker_color: blue; }"
                                  ".group2 { marker_style: 8; marker_color: orange; }");
 
void symlog()
{
   // Create a canvas to be displayed.
   auto canvas = RCanvas::Create("Drawing with symlog");
 
   auto pads = canvas->Divide(1, 3);
 
   // first pad with linear scales
   auto frame1 = pads[0][0]->AddFrame();
   frame1->drawAxes = true;
   frame1->x.min = -40;
   frame1->x.max = 1040;
   frame1->x.title = "x linear";
   frame1->x.title.SetCenter();
   frame1->y.log = 10.;
   frame1->y.min = 1;
   frame1->y.max = 1e4;
   frame1->y.title = "y log";
   frame1->y.title.SetCenter();
   pads[0][0]->Draw<RFrameTitle>("linear scale");
 
   // second pad with log scales, negative values missing
   auto frame2 = pads[0][1]->AddFrame();
   frame2->drawAxes = true;
   frame2->x.log = 10.;
   frame2->x.min = 0.05;
   frame2->x.max = 1.2e3;
   frame2->x.title = "x log";
   frame2->x.title.SetCenter();
   frame2->y.log = 10.;
   frame2->y.min = 1;
   frame2->y.max = 1e4;
   frame2->y.title = "y log";
   frame2->y.title.SetCenter();
   pads[0][1]->Draw<RFrameTitle>("log scale, missing points");
 
   // third pad with symlog scales
   auto frame3 = pads[0][2]->AddFrame();
   frame3->drawAxes = true;
   // configure symlog scale with 10 for linear range, rest will be logarithmic, including negative
   frame3->x.symlog = 10.; // boundary inside which linear scale will be used
   frame3->x.min = -10;
   frame3->x.max = 1.2e3;
   frame3->x.title = "x symlog";
   frame3->x.title.SetCenter();
   frame3->y.log = 10.;
   frame3->y.min = 1;
   frame3->y.max = 1e4;
   frame3->y.title = "y log";
   frame3->y.title.SetCenter();
   pads[0][2]->Draw<RFrameTitle>("symlog scale");
 
   for (int n = 0; n < 100; n++) {
      auto x1 = TMath::Power(10, gRandom->Uniform(1, 2.9));
      auto y1 = TMath::Power(10, gRandom->Uniform(1, 1.9));
 
      if (n % 27 == 0) {
         x1 = 100;
         y1 *= 100;
      }
 
      RPadPos pm{RPadLength::User(x1), RPadLength::User(y1)};
      pads[0][0]->Draw<RMarker>(pm)->SetCssClass("group1");
      pads[0][1]->Draw<RMarker>(pm)->SetCssClass("group1");
      pads[0][2]->Draw<RMarker>(pm)->SetCssClass("group1");
   }
 
   for (int n = 0; n < 75; n++) {
      auto x2 = gRandom->Uniform(-5., 5.);
      auto y2 = TMath::Power(10, gRandom->Uniform(2.2, 3.7));
 
      RPadPos pm{RPadLength::User(x2), RPadLength::User(y2)};
      pads[0][0]->Draw<RMarker>(pm)->SetCssClass("group2");
      pads[0][1]->Draw<RMarker>(pm)->SetCssClass("group2");
      pads[0][2]->Draw<RMarker>(pm)->SetCssClass("group2");
   }
 
   canvas->UseStyle(symlog_style);
 
   canvas->SetSize(500, 900);
 
   canvas->Show();
}

Date

2021-05-26

Warning

This is part of the ROOT 7 prototype! It will change without notice. It might trigger earthquakes. Feedback is welcome!

Author

Sergey Linev s.lin.nosp@m.ev@g.nosp@m.si.de

Definition in file symlog.cxx.