I am not sure that negative numbers are consistent with stem and leaf plots.

That said, you could use an existing mechanism by manipulating the
numbers before handing them off.  For example:

fudge=:  ] + 0&> * (_20 * 0 = 10&|)  - 10 2&p.

-- 
Raul

On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Brian Schott <[email protected]> wrote:
> Raul,
>
> This is what I got with your newer showStemLeaf. I apologize for the
> poor rendering. Suffice it to say that my experiment with your newer
> showStemLeaf is unsatisfactory, too, because _2 appears in the
> stemplot as 8, not 2.  Perhaps you were mislead by my use of the work
> stem, when leaf might have been better. I think the 0 is a stem and
> the 2 4 1 and 8 are leaves. Right?
>
>
>    showStemLeaf=: (}:@":@>:@*&10@expandStems@[
> ;":&>@expandLeaves)&>/@(>@{. ; <@{:)@|:@stemleaf@/:~
>    showStemLeaf _2 4 1 8┌─┬─────┐
> │_│8    │
> │ │1 4 8│
> └─┴─────┘
>    showStemLeaf 2 4 1 8
> ┌┬───────┐
> ││1 2 4 8│
> └┴───────┘
>
>
>
>
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