Reverse logarithmic axis

ROOT
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Hello,
I have an issue plotting my data in root and I try to display it in the attached file as reduced as possible.

I would like to inverse the x-axis, which I believe is either possible by using the Drawing option “Rx” or the Labels Option “>”.
For the first case, it does the job for the linear case, but for the log case, the resulting axis is a mess and it seems like the two graphs follow a different scale.
For the second case I get the error message “Warning in < TAxis::Sort>: Cannot sort. No labels”, which I do not understand why it cannot sort.
Do you have a suggestion?

Thanks in advance!

Cheers,
Sophie

PS: I cannot upload the file directly here since I am a new user, but will do so as soon as I have the permission.

ROOT Version: 6.26/10

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Welcome to the ROOT forum.

Yes I will need some reproducer to investigate your problem.

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If it is a small reproducer you can just copy/paste it, no need to upload a file.

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Thanks!

#include<stdio.h>
#include<iostream>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<math.h>
#include "TFile.h"
#include "TH1F.h"
#include "TPaveStats.h"
#include "TCanvas.h"
#include "TMultiGraph.h"
#include "TGraph.h"
#include "TAxis.h"

void HV_comp_red(){

   Double_t biasVoltage[28] = {80., 70., 60., 50., 40., 30., 20., 10., 9., 8., 7., 6., 5., 4., 3., 2., 1., 0.9, 0.8, 0.7, 0.6, 0.5, 0.4, 0.3, 0.2, 0.1, 0.08, 0.06};
   Double_t errors_voltage[28] = {0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0. , 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.};
   Double_t mean0[28] = {0., -4.45, -3.81, -14.65, -11.81, -12.56, -12.25, -6.26, -9.40, -7.98, -7.14, -17.87, -12.26, -11.41, -13.35, -14.51, -7.51, -16.15, -12.67, -18.58, -8.76, -8.94, -13.75, -14.31, -12.76, -14.16, -8.24, -135.4};
   Double_t std0[28] = {105.8, 104.9, 104.1, 105.8, 104.9, 105.6, 105.3, 104.9, 105.3, 103.8, 104.0, 102.3, 102.9, 103.4, 102.5, 102.6, 102.1, 103.6, 100.3, 101.1, 101.1, 101.5, 101.8, 100.7, 101.1, 101.4, 100.0, 294.7};
   Double_t mean1[28] = {0, 6.1, 9.6, 10.1, 0.3, 11.3, 12.9, 10.1, 14.5, 9.3, 7.0, 12.3, 12.6, 8.2, 11.8, 12.1, 21.8, 22.3, 20.5, 26.2, 24.1, 23.3, 23.2, 23.0, 23.1, 20.4, 24.4, -56.0};
   Double_t std1[28] = {89.1, 89.7, 89.6, 89.4, 90.3, 91.6, 90.1, 90.3, 89.1, 90.3, 90.5, 90.1, 91.0, 91.5, 91.3, 91.1, 91.0, 90.8, 90.9, 90.5, 91.0, 91.7, 91.5, 91.4, 91.9, 93.2, 91.4, 452.8};

   auto* legend = new TLegend(0.15, 0.77, .4, .87);
   legend->SetNColumns(2);

   auto graph0 =  new TGraphErrors(28, biasVoltage, mean0, errors_voltage, std0);
   auto graph1 =  new TGraphErrors(28, biasVoltage, mean1, errors_voltage, std1);

   legend->AddEntry(graph0, "Chip 0");
   legend->AddEntry(graph1, "Chip 1");

   graph0->SetFillColor(1);
   graph0->SetMarkerColor(1);
   graph0->SetMarkerStyle(20);
   graph0->SetFillStyle(3004);
   graph1->SetFillColor(2);
   graph1->SetMarkerColor(2);
   graph1->SetMarkerStyle(20);
   graph1->SetFillStyle(3005);

   TMultiGraph *mg = new TMultiGraph();
   mg->SetTitle("Mean value ;Bias Voltage [V];Threshold [e]");

   mg->Add(graph0);
   mg->Add(graph1);

   TCanvas *canvas = new TCanvas("c", "c", 200,10,900,600);

   canvas->cd();
   gPad->SetLogx();
   //mg->GetXaxis()->LabelsOption(">");
   mg->Draw("a3 p"); //option "Rx"
   legend->Draw("same");


}
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I tried your example. You are right, RX option is not implemented in the case of log scale.

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Is it by chance possible to implement it?

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I created an issue: Implement RX option in case of Log Scale. · Issue #11938 · root-project/root · GitHub

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I had a quick look at it. It is not obvious… It needs more investigations.

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Hey, don’t want to put pressure on you during the festive season, but also don’t want the topic to close before it’s solved. So: Any updates?

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No, nothing new… It does not seem possible because we do not have reverse coordinates for pads. In linear mode, we can revert each point but that’s not possible in log. At least I do not see how to do it right now.

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Indeed I found the algorithm. I will make a PR soon.

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Some progress:

Screenshot 2023-01-17 at 17.54.17
Screenshot 2023-01-17 at 17.54.171780×1130 480 KB

More checks need to be done for TGraphBentErrors

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A better picture to compare both plots:

Screenshot 2023-01-19 at 17.22.51
Screenshot 2023-01-19 at 17.22.511920×736 205 KB

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@couet It seems it could also be helpful for histograms:

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@Wile_E_Coyote . Thanks to remind me of this post. The user found a solution himself in the end. Note that the RX and RY options do not exist for histograms it is only for graphs.
Reversing the axis is more complex for a histogram because one needs to fille the histogram knowing it will be plotted in reverse more.
That’s always an “ad hoc” solution.

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For me it still doesn’t seem to work. Will it be released with the next update?

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No, I add still some fixes to do in case of TGrpahBentErrors. I will create the PR soon.

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Th PR is here:

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The PR is merged master.