xyplot.C

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/// \file
/// \ingroup tutorial_hist
/// \notebook
/// Example showing how to produce a plot with an orthogonal axis system
/// centered at (0,0).
///
/// \macro_image
/// \macro_code
///
/// \author Olivier Couet
 
void xyplot()
{
   TCanvas *c = new TCanvas("c","XY plot",200,10,700,500);
 
   // Remove the frame
   c->SetFillColor(kWhite);
   c->SetFrameLineColor(kWhite);
   c->SetFrameBorderMode(0);
 
   // Define and draw a curve the frame
   const Int_t n = 4;
   Double_t x[n] = {-1, -3, -9, 3};
   Double_t y[n] = {-1000,  900,  300, 300};
   TGraph* gr = new TGraph(n,x,y);
   gr->SetTitle("XY plot");
   gr->SetMinimum(-1080);
   gr->SetMaximum(1080);
   gr->SetLineColor(kRed);
   gr->Draw("AC*");
 
   // Remove the frame's axis
   gr->GetHistogram()->GetYaxis()->SetTickLength(0);
   gr->GetHistogram()->GetXaxis()->SetTickLength(0);
   gr->GetHistogram()->GetYaxis()->SetLabelSize(0);
   gr->GetHistogram()->GetXaxis()->SetLabelSize(0);
   gr->GetHistogram()->GetXaxis()->SetAxisColor(0);
   gr->GetHistogram()->GetYaxis()->SetAxisColor(0);
 
   gPad->Update();
 
   // Draw orthogonal axis system centered at (0,0).
   // Draw the Y axis. Note the 4th label is erased with SetLabelAttributes
   TGaxis *yaxis = new TGaxis(0, gPad->GetUymin(),
                              0, gPad->GetUymax(),
                              gPad->GetUymin(),gPad->GetUymax(),6,"+LN");
   yaxis->ChangeLabel(4,-1,0.);
   yaxis->Draw();
 
   // Draw the Y-axis title.
   TLatex *ytitle = new TLatex(-0.5,gPad->GetUymax(),"Y axis");
   ytitle->Draw();
   ytitle->SetTextSize(0.03);
   ytitle->SetTextAngle(90.);
   ytitle->SetTextAlign(31);
 
   // Draw the X axis
   TGaxis *xaxis = new TGaxis(gPad->GetUxmin(), 0,
                              gPad->GetUxmax(), 0,
                              gPad->GetUxmin(),gPad->GetUxmax(),510,"+L");
   xaxis->Draw();
 
   // Draw the X axis title.
   TLatex *xtitle = new TLatex(gPad->GetUxmax(),-200.,"X axis");
   xtitle->Draw();
   xtitle->SetTextAlign(31);
   xtitle->SetTextSize(0.03);
}