Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ pgfplots with overlaying tables

[theo moore]

Suppose I were to begin with a very simple plot constructed using pgfplots, such as so:

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\begin{figure} \centering
  \begin{tikzpicture}
  \begin{axis}[xlabel=$x$, ylabel=$y$, xmax=4]
	\addplot[mark=*] coordinates {(1,1) (2,2)};
  \end{axis}
  \end{tikzpicture}
\end{figure}

Notice that the xmax coordinate was set to 4, even though the highest x-coordinate is 2. I'd like to place a table of data ON TOP of this plot. That is, I'd like to use something like,

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\pgfplotstabletypeset[columns={$x$,$y$}] {data.dat};

almost like a legend.

I realize that the easiest fix would be to simply create two side-by-side figures, but is there a way to overlay things on-top of each other?

[php1ic]

I have no experience with pgfplots, but the overpic package sounds like the thing you are looking for

http://www.latex-community.org/forum/vi ... =45&t=6517

or search the forum, there are a few thread that discuss it

[localghost]

The pgfplots manual (Section 5.4.1 - Labels, p. 63f) mentions that you can add extra descriptions to the plot. This can be use to insert a small table in the plot area.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage{booktabs}

\begin{document}
  \begin{tikzpicture}
    \begin{axis}[%
      extra description/.code={%
        font=\footnotesize
        \node[anchor=north east] at (0.95,0.95) {%
          \begin{tabular}{cc}\toprule
            $x$ & $y$ \\ \midrule
            1 & 2 \\
            2 & 1 \\ \bottomrule
          \end{tabular}
        };
      },
      xlabel=$x$,
      ylabel=$y$,
      xmax=4
    ]
      \addplot[mark=*] coordinates {(1,2) (2,1)};
    \end{axis}
  \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

At the moment I have no idea how this could be done in conjunction with the pgfplotstable package because my experience with that package is very limited. But the above code may serve as a basic structure. In case you succeed please post your final solution here.


Best regards
Thorsten