AxesLabel for ContourPlot

[Christopher Tong]

Anybody know how to make ContourPlot show an
AxesLabel? I can't get it to do so even when I
include the AxesLabel->{"x","y"} option. It also
doesn't work when I use Show to display a contour plot.
I am using Mathematica 4.0.2.0 on a PC.

Thanks,
Chris

[Jens-Peer Kuska]

Hi,

a contour plot has frames and the axes covered by the contour polygons.
FrameLabel->{x,y} may help.

Regards
Jens

[Allan Hayes]

Christopher,

Would the option FrameLabel help or do you really need axes?

If you do want to have axes:

cp = ContourPlot[x^2 + y^2, {x, 0, 1}, {y, 0, 1}, ColorFunction -> Hue]

The following does not work, because the axes are behind the picture

Show[cp, Axes -> True, Frame -> False,
Axes -> True, AxesOrigin -> {.3, .5}]

However, we can construct the axes as a separate object;

axs = FullGraphics[
Graphics[{}, PlotRange -> {{0, 1}, {0, 1}}, Axes -> True,
AxesOrigin -> {.3, .5},
AbsoluteOptions[cp, PlotRange]
]];

And then superimpose them:

Show[cp, axs, Frame -> False];

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[Brian Higgins]

Chris,
Evaluate

Options[ContourPlot]

to inspect what the default options are for ContourPlot. You should
see that the option Axes->False. Thus you cannot use AxesLabel
as am option. Since the default option Frame->True, you should
use the option

FrameLabel->{"xlabel","ylabel"}

You can also set as options

Axes->True, Frame->False

and then use

AxesLabel->{"xlabel","ylabel"}

Cheers,

Brian

In article <8sjk31$g...@smc.vnet.net>,

Christopher Tong <ct...@physics.purdue.edu> wrote:
>
> Anybody know how to make ContourPlot show an
> AxesLabel? I can't get it to do so even when I
> include the AxesLabel->{"x","y"} option. It also
> doesn't work when I use Show to display a contour plot.
> I am using Mathematica 4.0.2.0 on a PC.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
>

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