different mesh levels

[huckl3b3rry87]

Hi, I am trying to make a plot where I can adjust the amount of data points (markers) that I show. I want to do this so that I can have a course grid on a large scale, then in a zoomed in part of the graph have a finer mesh. Is this possible?

I looked through the PGF documentation and saw options for adjusting the mesh grid in a 3 D plot ( I am just trying to do a 2D plot). Something like mesh/row and mesh/column on page 258
http://pgfplots.sourceforge.net/pgfplots_unstable.pdf

I also saw an option to set the number of points, with an option called samples, but I get an error when I try to use it.

Thanks !

[KristofferC]

It is unclear to me if the data points you have come from a file or a function etc. Perhaps you can show the code that you have right now and what result it gives.

[huckl3b3rry87]

@KristofferC thanks for your help with this. I am actually just going to use pgfplots directly.