Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Figure alignment with PSTricks

[coachbennett1981]

I am having some formatting issues. I looked up the columnsep rule and then the addtolength from the forum, but my figure does not seem to change. I want the two graphs to in two columns with the x axes not touching. Any suggestions?

Best

Nick

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\documentclass[12pt]{exam}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{pstricks-add}
\begin{multicols}{2}
\addtolength{\columnsep}{-500pt}
\psset{unit=.35in}
\begin{pspicture}(0,-3)(5,3)
\psaxes{->}(0,0)(-4,-4)(5,4)[$x$,-90][$y$,180]
\psplot[plotstyle=curve,linecolor=blue,linewidth=1.5pt,arrows=<->]{-2}{3}{.45 x exp}
\end{pspicture}


\psset{unit=.35in}
\begin{pspicture}(0,-3)(5,3)
\psaxes{->}(0,0)(-4,-4)(5,4)[$x$,-90][$y$,180]
\psplot[plotstyle=curve,linecolor=blue,linewidth=1.5pt,arrows=<->]{-1.5}{3.5}{x x mul -2 x mul add}
\end{pspicture}

\end{multicols}

\end{document}

[localghost]

I wonder why the length \columnsep (default value 10pt) should have a negative value. As far as I know only positive values are valid for this length.

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\documentclass[12pt]{exam}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{pstricks-add}

\psset{unit=0.75cm}

\begin{document}
  \begin{multicols}{2}
    \begin{pspicture}(0,-3)(5,3)
      \psaxes{->}(0,0)(-4,-4)(5,4)[$x$,-90][$y$,180]
      \psplot[plotstyle=curve,linecolor=blue,linewidth=1.5pt,arrows=<->]{-2}{3}{.45 x exp}
    \end{pspicture}

    \begin{pspicture}(0,-3)(5,3)
      \psaxes{->}(0,0)(-4,-4)(5,4)[$x$,-90][$y$,180]
      \psplot[plotstyle=curve,linecolor=blue,linewidth=1.5pt,arrows=<->]{-1.5}{3.5}{x x mul -2 x mul add}
    \end{pspicture}
  \end{multicols}
\end{document}

The unit scale has been too high thus the graphs became to wide for one column. You can try to modify the page geometry to get wider columns.


Best regards
Thorsten