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QCPAxisTickerLog Class Reference

Specialized axis ticker suited for logarithmic axes. More...

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Public Functions

 QCPAxisTickerLog ()
 
double logBase () const
 
int subTickCount () const
 
void setLogBase (double base)
 
void setSubTickCount (int subTicks)
 
- Public Functions inherited from QCPAxisTicker
 QCPAxisTicker ()
 
TickStepStrategy tickStepStrategy () const
 
int tickCount () const
 
double tickOrigin () const
 
void setTickStepStrategy (TickStepStrategy strategy)
 
void setTickCount (int count)
 
void setTickOrigin (double origin)
 
virtual void generate (const QCPRange &range, const QLocale &locale, QChar formatChar, int precision, QVector< double > &ticks, QVector< double > *subTicks, QVector< QString > *tickLabels)
 

Protected Functions

virtual double getTickStep (const QCPRange &range)
 
virtual int getSubTickCount (double tickStep)
 
virtual QVector< double > createTickVector (double tickStep, const QCPRange &range)
 
- Protected Functions inherited from QCPAxisTicker
virtual QString getTickLabel (double tick, const QLocale &locale, QChar formatChar, int precision)
 
virtual QVector< double > createSubTickVector (int subTickCount, const QVector< double > &ticks)
 
virtual QVector< QString > createLabelVector (const QVector< double > &ticks, const QLocale &locale, QChar formatChar, int precision)
 
void trimTicks (const QCPRange &range, QVector< double > &ticks, bool keepOneOutlier) const
 
double pickClosest (double target, const QVector< double > &candidates) const
 
double getMantissa (double input, double *magnitude=0) const
 
double cleanMantissa (double input) const
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Public Types inherited from QCPAxisTicker
enum  TickStepStrategy
 

Detailed Description

Specialized axis ticker suited for logarithmic axes.

axisticker-log.png

This QCPAxisTicker subclass generates ticks with unequal tick intervals suited for logarithmic axis scales. The ticks are placed at powers of the specified log base (setLogBase).

Especially in the case of a log base equal to 10 (the default), it might be desirable to have tick labels in the form of powers of ten without mantissa display. To achieve this, set the number precision (QCPAxis::setNumberPrecision) to zero and the number format (QCPAxis::setNumberFormat) to scientific (exponential) display with beautifully typeset decimal powers, so a format string of "eb". This will result in the following axis tick labels:

axisticker-log-powers.png

The ticker can be created and assigned to an axis like this:

QSharedPointer<QCPAxisTickerLog> logTicker(new QCPAxisTickerLog);
customPlot->xAxis->setTicker(logTicker);
// don't forget to also set the scale type accordingly, otherwise you'll have
// logarithmically spaced ticks on a linear axis:
customPlot->xAxis->setScaleType(QCPAxis::stLogarithmic);

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

§ QCPAxisTickerLog()

QCPAxisTickerLog::QCPAxisTickerLog ( )

Constructs the ticker and sets reasonable default values. Axis tickers are commonly created managed by a QSharedPointer, which then can be passed to QCPAxis::setTicker.

Member Function Documentation

§ setLogBase()

void QCPAxisTickerLog::setLogBase ( double  base)

Sets the logarithm base used for tick coordinate generation. The ticks will be placed at integer powers of base.

§ setSubTickCount()

void QCPAxisTickerLog::setSubTickCount ( int  subTicks)

Sets the number of sub ticks in a tick interval. Within each interval, the sub ticks are spaced linearly to provide a better visual guide, so the sub tick density increases toward the higher tick.

Note that subTicks is the number of sub ticks (not sub intervals) in one tick interval. So in the case of logarithm base 10 an intuitive sub tick spacing would be achieved with eight sub ticks (the default). This means e.g. between the ticks 10 and 100 there will be eight ticks, namely at 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 and 90.

§ getTickStep()

double QCPAxisTickerLog::getTickStep ( const QCPRange &  range)
protectedvirtual

Since logarithmic tick steps are necessarily different for each tick interval, this method does nothing in the case of QCPAxisTickerLog

For general information about this virtual method, see the base class implementation.

Reimplemented from QCPAxisTicker.

§ getSubTickCount()

int QCPAxisTickerLog::getSubTickCount ( double  tickStep)
protectedvirtual

Returns the sub tick count specified in setSubTickCount. For QCPAxisTickerLog, there is no automatic sub tick count calculation necessary.

For general information about this virtual method, see the base class implementation.

Reimplemented from QCPAxisTicker.

§ createTickVector()

QVector< double > QCPAxisTickerLog::createTickVector ( double  tickStep,
const QCPRange &  range 
)
protectedvirtual

Creates ticks with a spacing given by the logarithm base and an increasing integer power in the provided range. The step in which the power increases tick by tick is chosen in order to keep the total number of ticks as close as possible to the tick count (setTickCount). The parameter tickStep is ignored for QCPAxisTickerLog

For general information about this virtual method, see the base class implementation.

Reimplemented from QCPAxisTicker.

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