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[eisegal]

Hello to all,

I've got a problem with the following example. I'd like to extend the width. how is this possible? (there is more data which is not included in this MWE.)

Furthermore, I try do manipulate the year dates. Which step is necessary so that it is shown as year dates?

greetings

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
xmin=1934, xmax=2012,
ymin=0, ymax=600,
axis lines=center,
axis on top=true,
domain=0:1,
xlabel=Year,
ylabel=Number of failed banks]
\addplot[color=red,mark=x] coordinates {
(1988, 232)
(1989, 531)
(1990, 381)
(1991, 268)
(1992, 179)
(1993, 50)
(1994, 15)
(1995, 8)
(1996, 6)
(1997, 1)
(1998, 3)
(1999, 8)
(2000, 7)
(2001, 4)
(2002, 11)
(2003, 3)
(2004, 4)
(2005, 0)
(2006, 0)
(2007, 3)
(2008, 25)
(2009, 140)
(2010, 157)
(2011, 92)
(2012, 49)
};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

[localghost]

[…] I'd like to extend the width. how is this possible? (there is more data which is not included in this MWE.) […]

For the width of the complete diagram you can explicitly set the width option for the axis environment (see code below). If you just want to shift the actual plot more towards the y axis, simply increase xmin.

[…] Furthermore, I try do manipulate the year dates. Which step is necessary so that it is shown as year dates?

Actually the years are shown. But by default there is a comma as thousands separator. So you need a special formatting for the numbers (see code below).

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

\begin{document}
  \begin{tikzpicture}
    \begin{axis}[
      width=0.8\textwidth,
      height=0.6\textwidth,
      axis lines=center,
      axis on top=true,
      xmin=1934,
      xmax=2012,
      xlabel={Year},
      xticklabel style={/pgf/number format/1000 sep=},
      ymin=0,
      ymax=600,
      ylabel={Number of failed banks}
    ]
      \addplot[color=red,mark=x] coordinates {
        (1988,232)
        (1989,531)
        (1990,381)
        (1991,268)
        (1992,179)
        (1993,50)
        (1994,15)
        (1995,8)
        (1996,6)
        (1997,1)
        (1998,3)
        (1999,8)
        (2000,7)
        (2001,4)
        (2002,11)
        (2003,3)
        (2004,4)
        (2005,0)
        (2006,0)
        (2007,3)
        (2008,25)
        (2009,140)
        (2010,157)
        (2011,92)
        (2012,49)
      };
    \end{axis}
  \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Further reading:

• The pgfplots manual
• The PGF/tikZ manual

Thorsten

[eisegal]

thank you very much! how is it possible to write the xaxis label on the right side (now its above the curve)?

[localghost]

[…] how is it possible to write the xaxis label on the right side (now its above the curve)?

For such a kind of plot it is perhaps better to write the axes labels below and left in order to get them completely out of the plot area.

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

\begin{document}
  \begin{tikzpicture}
    \begin{axis}[
      width=0.8\textwidth,
      height=0.6\textwidth,
      axis x line=bottom,
      xmin=1934,
      xmax=2012,
      xlabel={Year},
      xlabel near ticks,
      xticklabel style={/pgf/number format/1000 sep=},
      axis y line=left,
      ymin=0,
      ymax=620,
      ylabel={Number of failed banks},
      ylabel near ticks
    ]
      \addplot[color=red,mark=x] coordinates {
        (1988,232)
        (1989,531)
        (1990,381)
        (1991,268)
        (1992,179)
        (1993,50)
        (1994,15)
        (1995,8)
        (1996,6)
        (1997,1)
        (1998,3)
        (1999,8)
        (2000,7)
        (2001,4)
        (2002,11)
        (2003,3)
        (2004,4)
        (2005,0)
        (2006,0)
        (2007,3)
        (2008,25)
        (2009,140)
        (2010,157)
        (2011,92)
        (2012,49)
      };
    \end{axis}
  \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

[eisegal]

That's just perfect! Thank you!