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- /* If tick == 0, this works out a "nice" interval, so that there */
- /* are between 3 and 7.5 major tick intervals in the input range */
- /* "vmin" to "vmax". Using this value for the tick interval or */
- /* supplied value, it also computes "prec" which specifies */
- /* the number of places that should be written after the decimal */
- /* point. The recommended number of subticks is returned in */
- /* "nsubt" unless the routine is entered with a non-zero value */
- /* of "nsubt". The output variable "mode" is set to 0 if */
- /* labels are to be written in floating-point format, or to 1 if */
- /* they are to be written in fixed-point format. */
- /* THIS CODE WAS ADAPTED FROM PLPLOT.LIB */
-
- #include <math.h>
- #include <exec/types.h>
-
- void tik(double vmin, double vmax, double *tick, WORD *nsubt, BOOL *mode, WORD *prec)
- {
-
- double t1, t2, vmod;
- LONG msd, np, ns;
-
- t1 = fabs(vmin);
- t2 = fabs(vmax);
-
- vmod = max(t1,t2);
-
- *mode = 0;
-
- if (vmod <= 1e-2 || vmod >= 1e3) *mode = 1;
-
- t1 = (double)log10(vmod);
- msd = (LONG)t1;
-
- t1 = (double)log10(fabs(vmax-vmin));
- np = (LONG)t1;
- t1 -= np;
-
- if (t1 > 0.7781512503)
- {
- t2 = 2.0 ;
- ns = 4;
- }
- else if (t1 > 0.4771212549)
- {
- t2 = 1.0 ;
- ns = 5;
- }
- else if (t1 > 0.1760912591)
- {
- t2 = 5.0;
- ns = 5;
- np--;
- }
- else
- {
- t2 = 1.0;
- ns = 4;
- np--;
- }
-
- *tick = t2 * pow(10.0,(double)np);
-
- if (vmin > vmax) *tick = -*tick;
-
- if (*nsubt == 0) *nsubt = ns;
-
- if (*mode != 0)
- *prec = msd - np;
- else
- *prec = max(-np,0);
- }
-