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    Hi Grace,<br>
    <br>
    do you mean how to plot a legend at the lower right box edge of the
    scatter plot containing the marker and data labels?<br>
    <br>
    Here is an example how to create a scatter plot with a user defined
    legend:<br>
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    <font color="#3333ff"><tt>;---------------------------------------------------</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>; set_xy_markers.ncl</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>;---------------------------------------------------</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>begin</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  npts    =  100</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  data1   =  random_uniform(0.1,50,npts)</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  data2   =  random_uniform(0.1,50,npts)</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  x       =  ispan(1,npts,1)</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  </tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  print("min/max data = " + min(data1) + "/" +
        max(data1))</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  print("min/max data = " + min(data2) + "/" +
        max(data2))</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>;-- create data array containing data1 and data2</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  data = new((/2,npts/),typeof(data1))</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  data(0,:) =  data1</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  data(1,:) =  data2</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>;-- set explicit labels for legend</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  labels = (/"data 1","data 2"/)</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>;-- open workstation</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  wks = gsn_open_wks("x11","plot_xy_markers")</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt> </tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>;-- set resources</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res                        =  True</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@gsnMaximize            =  True                    
        ;-- maximize plot output</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  </tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@tiMainString           = "Marker Plot"            
        ;-- add title</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>     </tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@trYMinF                =  min(data1)-20.          
        ;-- y-axis minimum to have enough space for legend</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@trYMaxF                =  max(data1)+20.          
        ;-- y-axis maximum</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@tmLabelAutoStride      =  True                    
        ;-- use nice tick mark labels</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@xyMarkLineModes        = (/"Markers","Markers"/)  
        ;-- set mark line mode for both variables</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@xyMarkers              = (/ 10, 16/)              
        ;-- choose marker types </tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@xyMarkerColors         = (/"red","blue"/)         
        ;-- choose marker colors</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@lgJustification        = "TopRight"               
        ;-- position of legend</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@lgLabelFontHeightF     =  0.01                    
        ;-- legend label font size</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@lgItemOrder            = (/1,0/)                  
        ;-- reverse the legend</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@xyExplicitLabels       =  labels                  
        ;-- use explicit legend labels</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  </tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@pmLegendDisplayMode    = "Always"                 
        ;-- display legend always</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@pmLegendWidthF         =  0.10                    
        ;-- legend width</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@pmLegendHeightF        =  0.08                    
        ;-- legend height</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@pmLegendOrthogonalPosF = -0.24                    
        ;-- move legend up</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@pmLegendParallelPosF   =  0.98                    
        ;-- move legend right</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>;-- create the plot</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  plot = gsn_csm_xy(wks,x,data,res)</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>end<br>
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    Bye, <br>
    Karin<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 08.04.16 um 11:34 schrieb grace:<br>
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        <div style="font-family: 'lucida Grande', Verdana, 'Microsoft
          YaHei'; line-height: 23.8px;">Hi all:</div>
        <div style="font-family: 'lucida Grande', Verdana, 'Microsoft
          YaHei'; line-height: 23.8px;">   I am trying to plot XY
          scatter plots and its XY axis marker is in the form of
          index,just like the plot below. <img moz-do-not-send="true"
src="file:///D:%5CProgram%20Files%5CTencent%5CQQ%5CUsers%5C313695096%5CImage%5CC2C%5CC_T8VJU0WCR8TI81W%%H]ZT.png"
            style="line-height: 1.5; font-family: Verdana;"><span
            id="_editor_bookmark_start_4" style="display: none;
            line-height: 0px;">‍</span></div>
        <div style="font-family: 'lucida Grande', Verdana, 'Microsoft
          YaHei'; line-height: 23.8px;"><img
            src="cid:part2.07070203.06010300@dkrz.de"></div>
        <div style="font-family: 'lucida Grande', Verdana, 'Microsoft
          YaHei'; line-height: 23.8px;">
          <div>
            <img moz-do-not-send="true"
src="file:///D:%5CProgram%20Files%5CTencent%5CQQ%5CUsers%5C313695096%5CImage%5CC2C%5CC_T8VJU0WCR8TI81W%%H]ZT.png"><span
              id="_editor_bookmark_start_3" style="display: none;
              line-height: 0px;">‍</span></div>
        </div>
        <div style="font-family: 'lucida Grande', Verdana, 'Microsoft
          YaHei'; line-height: 23.8px;">
          <div>
            <img moz-do-not-send="true"
src="file:///D:%5CProgram%20Files%5CTencent%5CQQ%5CUsers%5C313695096%5CImage%5CC2C%5CC_T8VJU0WCR8TI81W%%H]ZT.png"><span
              id="_editor_bookmark_start_2" style="display: none;
              line-height: 0px;">‍</span></div>
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        <div style="font-family: 'lucida Grande', Verdana, 'Microsoft
          YaHei'; line-height: 23.8px;">   How can I plot a picture like
          it?</div>
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      <div style="font-family: 'lucida Grande', Verdana, 'Microsoft
        YaHei'; line-height: 23.8px;">Any information will be
        appreciated.</div>
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