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What are the labels for the minor ticks in a log scale graph?

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I would like to label them. So, I want to know how to calculate the value for each of the minor tick.

jhyap
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I'm not sure of the correct mathematic way to describe this, but for your chart, using log10, your increments are going to be 1/10 of the values between each major grid mark.

  1. Grid 10^0 (1) to 10^1 (10), your values will be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
  2. Grid 10^1 (10) to 10^2 (100), your values will be 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100
  3. Grid 10^2 (100) to 10^3 (1000), your values will be 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000

Just repeat as necessary. Here's a sample with labels:

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dav
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