Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Reverse Scaling for Abscissa

[fruitfrisje]

Hi,

I've created a graph with pgfplots. Now I would like to mirror the abscissa so that the highest number would be on the left, and the smallest number on the right.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}

\begin{document}
  \begin{tikzpicture}
    \begin{semilogxaxis}[
      grid=both,
      enlarge x limits=false,
      scale only axis,
      width=10cm,
      height=6cm,
      ymin=0,
      ymax=1500,
      tick style={draw=none},
      xlabel=Exceedance frequency {[1/year]}, 
      ylabel=Waterlevel with repect to NAP {[cm]}
    ]
      \addplot[color=red,mark=x] coordinates {
        (1/1250,1430)
        (1/100,1340)
        (1/10,1255)
        (1/2,1155)
        (1,1100)
        (2,765)
      };
    \end{semilogxaxis}
  \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

I've searched a lot but couldn't find it? Any suggestions on this?

[localghost]

In Section 4.9.1 the pgfplots manual introduces the x dir key to determine the scaling direction for the abscissa. You can set this to reverse in your case.

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{pgfplots}

\pgfplotsset{
  compat=newest,
  xlabel near ticks,
  ylabel near ticks
}

\begin{document}
  \begin{tikzpicture}
    \begin{semilogxaxis}[
      width=10cm,
      height=6cm,
      grid=both,
      enlarge x limits=false,
      tick style={draw=none},
      scale only axis,
      x dir=reverse,
      xlabel={Exceedance frequency [1/year]},
      ymin=0,
      ymax=1500,
      ylabel={Waterlevel with respect to NAP [cm]}
    ]
      \addplot[color=red,mark=x] coordinates {
        (1/1250,1430)
        (1/100,1340)
        (1/10,1255)
        (1/2,1155)
        (1,1100)
        (2,765)
      };
    \end{semilogxaxis}
  \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

The output is attached. For details please refer to the package manual.


Thorsten

[fruitfrisje]

Setting x dir=reverse just did the trick!

Thanks