> From: Sherlock, Ric
> > From: PackRat
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> load 'dates plot tables/csv'
>
> Months=: _3 <\ 'JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec'
> datafile=. 'DJIA20072008.csv'
> a1=. readcsv (jpath '~user\data\',datafile)
> a3=. |. }. a1 NB. Drop header row
> a4=. |: a3
> a5=. 0 { a4
> a6=. 6 { a4
> a5a=. todayno getdate every a5
> a5b=. a5a - (0{a5a)
> monthval=. 1 { |: getdate every a5
> bool=. 1 , (2 ~:/\ monthval)
> Xticpos=. ": bool # a5b
> mn=. bool # monthval
> Label=. (mn-1) { Months
> dji=. > ". each a6
> ('xticpos ',Xticpos,';xlabel ',; ' ',each Label) plot a5b;dji
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Although this "works" in the sense that it does display a plot of the
> > data with tics/labels, the data and tics/labels are NOT synchronized
> > (as in the plot from your July 6 posted code). I cannot figure out
> > why. Thanks in advance for any assistance!
>
> With two changes it looks better:
> * Drop header row
> * give xvalues (a5b) corresponding to yvalues (dji)
But note that Month labels will be synchronized with the date of the first
value in each month rather than the 1st day of the Month.
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