Plotting data from 2 lists on 1 plot and manipulating the axes [closed]

I have two sets of data, list1 and list2. The ranges of data are different from each other.

list1= {{1, 2}, {2, 4}, {3, 8}, {4, 10}, {5, 12}, {6, 14}, {7, 16}, {8, 18}, {9, 20}}

list2= {{3, 8}, {4, 10}, {5, 12}, {6, 14}}


I tried this

ListPlot[{list1, list2}]


What happens with this is, because of the difference in the ranges of data, Mathematica seems to adjust the ranges of the x axis and y axis to fit both the curves on on plot(which makes sense).

With the individual lists, I did this

ListLinePlot[list1, PlotRange -> {{0, 10}, {0, 6}]


But when I tried this for both the lists together,

ListPlot[{list1, list2}, PlotRange -> {{0, 6}, {0, 8}]


It plots only one list. The second one in this case.

What I want to do is to plot them both on the same plot,and be able to control the range of x-axis and y-axis. I am interested seeing the behavior in the range between 0 and 6 in the x-axis and 0 and 8 in the y.

Not sure how to proceed.

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I do not understand. Why not use PlotRange->All? like this: data1 = Table[{i, RandomReal[1]}, {i, 20}]; data2 = Table[{i, RandomReal[1]}, {i, 10}]; ListPlot[{data1, data2}, Joined -> True, PlotRange -> All] this gives this: !Mathematica graphics isn't this what you want? it will always be best to given a MWE showing the problem, else one have to guess what you mean. –  Nasser Aug 27 '13 at 11:14
@Nasser- Thanks. What you said works. But I still cant manipulate the axes. I want to study the behavior of both the curves in a particular range. –  NutCase Aug 27 '13 at 11:45
if you post a minumum working example, so one can understand what you mean. make up some data and show the problem. a picture is worth 1,000 words ;) –  Nasser Aug 27 '13 at 11:46
@Nasser I have a plot. But I cant upload the image. :/ Anything else I can do? –  NutCase Aug 27 '13 at 11:50
Just post the code you used to make the plot. I assume it is a small example, self contained hopefully. –  Nasser Aug 27 '13 at 11:51

closed as off-topic by Yves Klett, Artes, halirutan, Sjoerd C. de Vries, rm -rf♦Aug 27 '13 at 22:38

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For future reference, to minimize the ambiguity of your question, it would be very helpful to post a representative data set (it doesn't have to be the whole thing). Short of that however, I have made two data sets that have a large difference in range between one another:

list1 = Range[10];
list2 = Range[10]*100;


To answer the question you asked, you can manipulate the independent and dependent variable ranges like so:

Manipulate[
ListPlot[{list1, list2},
PlotRange -> {{xmin, xmax}, {ymin, ymax}}], {ymin, 0, 100}, {ymax,
20, 1000}, {xmin, 0, 5}, {xmax, 10, 20}]


where you choose appropriate min/max ranges for your data set. However, something that may be more helpful that takes away the need to modify your ranges to begin with is to use a log-scale (ListLogPlot gives the dependent variable a log-scale):

ListLogPlot[{list1, list2}]


Using a log-scale allows you to see the details that would normally be swallowed by the range of the graph. Similarly, if you needed a log-scale for both independent and dependent values (or if you wanted to maintain the linear look of the data), there is:

ListLogLogPlot[{list1, list2}]


If you need a log-scale for only independent variables, use:

ListLogLinearPlot[{list1, list2}]


All of the details regarding these functions can be found in the Mathematica Documentation

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