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plotting - Placing x-axes label below rather than at end of axes



By default Mathematica places the x-axis labels at the end of the axes likeenter image description here


Googling has suggested a way around this is to use Frame- for example Frame -> {True, True, False, False}, FrameLabel -> {"E/T", None} which produces something like enter image description here


Which is not too bad, but I do not want this vertical dividing line x=0 and really would have preffered to keep the y-axis in the middle of the plot where this divider line now is. Can this be done? Is there a better way than this to move axes labels below?



Answer




Which is not too bad, but I do not want this vertical dividing line $x = 0$ and really would have preferred to keep the $y$-axis in the middle of the plot where this divider line now is.



An easy way is to use Labeled with Plot since Plot keeps the y axis in the middle while Frame->True moves it to the left where you do not want it.


Labeled[Plot[Sin[x] x, {x, -3, 3}], "E/T"]


enter image description here


Labeled has many option to allow different placements and alignments and such, so it can actually be used instead of the plot labeling. The only thing to keep in mind, is that symbols used in inside the Plot, such as those used by PlotLabel are automatically set in TraditionalMode while those set by Labeled are not and you have to do that yourself if you want that typesetting. Compare the typesetting below on the labels:


Grid[{

{Labeled[Plot[Sin[x] x, {x, -3, 3}, ImageSize -> 300],Sin[x]]},

{Plot[Sin[x] x, {x, -3, 3},AxesLabel->{Sin[x],None},ImageSize->300]}

}, Frame -> All
]


enter image description here


But this is easy to handle. Simply use TraditionalForm for `Labeled, like this


Clear[x];

Labeled[Plot[Sin[x] x, {x, -3, 3}, ImageSize -> 300],

Text@TraditionalForm@Style[Sin[x], 16]

]


enter image description here


edit To answer the comment about exporting;


I just saved the image using Save Selection as eps, and labels are there


enter image description here


I am on Linux, and Export in the version of Mahematica I am using is not supported. But it seems to save .eps just fine.


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