Re: Text annotations not appearing when floats are used in XY plot with modified axis labels

From: Carmen St. Jean <carmen.stjean_at_nyahnyahspammersnyahnyah>
Date: Wed Jun 20 2012 - 10:49:00 MDT

Hello again Oleksandr,

You're right! (It looks like I got your code mixed up with mine of
the same name; I thought I overwrote my old one but hadn't. Sorry
about that.) It works indeed... Thanks so much!

Carmen

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Oleksandr Huziy <guziy.sasha@gmail.com> wrote:
> They are also floats in the script I have sent you. But the labels are
> showing. I was guessing that with x=y=0, you somehow got your captions
> outside the figure.
>
> Cheers
> --
> Oleksandr
>
>
> 2012/6/20 Carmen St. Jean <carmen.stjean@noaa.gov>
>>
>> Hi Oleksandr,
>>
>> I'm sorry; I really wasn't very clear about which float and integer
>> values I was referring to.  The x and y values I meant are the x and y
>> inputs for the Ngl.xy() function, not any positioning values for calls
>> to the Ngl.text() function.  Please see the plotTemps,
>> plotElevsMeters, and plotElevsFeet variables in my code.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Carmen
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Oleksandr Huziy <guziy.sasha@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I am just a beginner with pyngl, but when I put x=0.1 and y=-0.1
>> > in Ngl.text it kind of works. See the attached script.
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> > --
>> > Oleksandr (Sasha) Huziy
>> > Phd student, UQAM
>> >
>> > 2012/6/20 Carmen St. Jean <carmen.stjean@noaa.gov>
>> >>
>> >> Hello,
>> >>
>> >> I've run into the most puzzling problem with my code under extremely
>> >> specific circumstances.
>> >>
>> >> I have an xy plot where I have modified the x-axis and y-axis labels
>> >> in order to show additional units (i.e., degrees F in addition to
>> >> degrees C and feet in addition to meters).  Then I am attempting to
>> >> place three lines of text above my plot and three lines of text below
>> >> my plot by using text annotations.
>> >>
>> >> The problem is that the text above and below the plot only appear when
>> >> I am using integer values instead of floats for x and y.  Or if I use
>> >> floats while I don't bother modifying my x-axis and y-axis labels,
>> >> then the text does appear.  But if I modify the axis labels and use
>> >> floats, then the text annotations simply do not appear.  It is
>> >> surprising that this is happening because I was able to modify the
>> >> labels x-axis and y-axis of a contour plot and successfully add text
>> >> above and below the plot.  The input I gave the contour function was
>> >> all float values.
>> >>
>> >> So this leaves me unsure of where the underlying problem is...  Is my
>> >> approach to modifying my labels is problematic so that it is somehow
>> >> affecting the text annotations down the road (though only when I am
>> >> using floats for x and y)?  Is there something I have overlooked here?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
>> >> Carmen
>> >>
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