Axes of ListPlot

Question

I would like to draw a list plot with the Y-axis from from 0.00 to 0.40 (rounded to two decimal points). However, it turned out to be that the numbers on the Y-axis have too many numbers after the decimal point. Could you please help me with the issue?

ListPlot[
  {{-12, .072368}, {-6, .059211}, {-2, 0.1710532}, {2, .2565797}, 
   {7, .27631613}, {13, .164474}}, 
  Filling -> Axis, PlotRange -> All, PlotTheme -> "Detailed", 
  ImageSize -> 500, PlotLabel -> "The prob.", 
  FrameLabel -> {"x", "p(x)"}, 
  LabelStyle -> {FontFamily -> "Roboto", FontSize -> 11}]

Without the code that generated the plot, it will be very difficult to tell what went wrong and how to fix it — Lukas Lang, Sep 16 '20 at 21:22
Try to use the option: FrameTicks -> {{{0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4}, None}, {Automatic, None}}. As a variant giving a bit more control try this: FrameTicks -> {{{{0, "0.0"}, {0.1, "0.1"}, {0.2, "0.2"}, {0.3, "0.3"}, {0.4, "0.4"}}, None}, {Automatic, None}} . — Alexei Boulbitch, Sep 17 '20 at 07:46
Original Codes: ListPlot[{{-12, .072368}, {-6, .059211}, {-2, 0.1710532}, {2, .2565797}, {7, .27631613}, {13, .164474}}, Filling -> Axis, PlotRange -> All, PlotTheme -> "Detailed", ImageSize -> 500, PlotLabel -> "The prob.", FrameLabel -> {"x", "p(x)" }, LabelStyle -> {FontFamily -> "Roboto", FontSize -> 11}] — ZHONGLI WANG, Sep 17 '20 at 12:37
The graph looks well according to Alexei's suggestion (after we apply "FrameTicks"). — ZHONGLI WANG, Sep 17 '20 at 12:38
Try SetOptions[$FrontEndSession, PrintPrecision -> 6] and rerun your code. — Michael E2, Sep 20 '20 at 15:24
Possibly related: https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/q/143937/4999, https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/a/3752/4999 — Michael E2, Sep 20 '20 at 17:05

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 20 '20 at 06:06

ListPlot from 0 to 0.40 with FrameTicks to the second decimal

ListPlot[{{-12, .072368}, {-6, .059211}, {-2, 
   0.1710532}, {2, .2565797}, {7, .27631613}, {13, .164474}}, 
 Filling -> Axis, PlotRange -> {All, {0, 0.4}}, 
 PlotTheme -> "Detailed", ImageSize -> 500, PlotLabel -> "The prob.", 
 Frame -> True, FrameLabel -> {"x", "p(x)"}, 
 LabelStyle -> {FontFamily -> "Roboto", FontSize -> 11}, 
 FrameTicks -> {{{0, N[1/10, 2], N[2/10, 2], N[3/10, 2], N[4/10, 2]}, 
    None}, {Automatic, None}}]

Thanks for everyone for your kind help!! – ZHONGLI WANG Sep 30 '20 at 14:24 — ZHONGLI WANG, Sep 30 '20 at 14:24

Michael E2 · Answer 2 · 2020-09-20T15:28:18.097

OP's code, unaltered (V12.1.1, Mac), same as @corey979:

ListPlot[{{-12, .072368}, {-6, .059211}, {-2, 
   0.1710532}, {2, .2565797}, {7, .27631613}, {13, .164474}}, 
 Filling -> Axis, PlotRange -> All, PlotTheme -> "Detailed", 
 ImageSize -> 500, PlotLabel -> "The prob.", 
 FrameLabel -> {"x", "p(x)"}, 
 LabelStyle -> {FontFamily -> "Roboto", FontSize -> 11}]

The solutions in the other comments and answer(s) seem unnecessary.

Perhaps the problem is with PrintPrecision: Set

SetOptions[$FrontEndSession, PrintPrecision -> 19]

Then the above produces this:

If that's the problem the option can be reset (the normal value is 6), or one can apply Style to the above ListPlot:

Style[ListPlot[...], PrintPrecision -> 6]

Axes of ListPlot

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