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Jan 28, 2021
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md`# Formatting log axis with scientific notation with Vega Lite
This copies from https://observablehq.com/@uwdata/scales-axes-and-legends
GOAL: Display the log scale with scientific notation`
import {vl} from "@vega/vega-lite-api"
antibiotics = (await require('vega-datasets@1'))['burtin.json'].url
md `### Original
from https://observablehq.com/@uwdata/scales-axes-and-legends`
vl.markCircle().data(antibiotics).encode(
vl.x().fieldQ('Neomycin')
.scale({type: 'log'})
).render()
vl.markCircle().data(antibiotics).encode(
vl.x().fieldQ('Neomycin')
.scale({type: 'log'})
.axis({format: ".2e"})
).render()
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