NICENUMBER Name
NICENUMBER Purpose
Find a nice number close to the given number.
Category
Calling Sequence
n = nicenumber(x) Inputs
x = given number. in
Keyword Parameters
Keywords
/FLOOR finds next nice number le to X.
/CEIL finds the next nice number ge to X.
MINOR=m Returned suggested minor tick spacing.
/NO25 Means do not allow multiples of 2.5
Outputs
n = nice number close to x. out
1, 2, 2.5, or 5 scaled to size of x.
Common Blocks
Notes
Notes
Default operation is useful for finding tick spacings:
dx = nicenumber((xmx-xmn)/nticks).
/FLOOR and /CEIL are useful for scaling data plots:
xmn = nicenumber(min(x),/floor)
xmx = nicenumber(max(x),/ceil)
plot, x, y, xrange=[xmn,xmx], . . .
/floor and /ceil may not give values related to the
step size, dx. The following method will:
ceil(t/dx)*dx is a multiple of dx on the high side of t.
floor(t/dx)*dx is a multiple of dx on the low side of t.
Modification History
R. Sterner, 6 Feb, 1990
R. Sterner, 27 Jan, 1993 --- dropped reference to array.
R. Sterner, 12 Feb, 1993 --- returned 1 element array as a scalar.
R. Sterner, 2003 Mar 11 --- Added /NO25.
R. Sterner, 2010 May 23 --- Converted arrays from () to [].
Copyright (C) 1990, Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory
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