2 Tikz, 1 Figure

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I would like to include 2 Tikz into one figure and caption each of the Tikz. I've explored subfigure but that did not seem to work. I'm trying to have the two diagrams appear side-by-side with a caption under each diagram. I appreciate any help rendered.

\begin{tikzpicture}[font=\small]
    \begin{axis}[
      ybar,
      height=8cm,
      width=6cm,
      bar width=15pt,
      xlabel={$c$},
      ylabel={Number of primes},
      ymin=0,
      ytick=\empty,
      xtick=data,
      axis x line=bottom,
      axis y line=left,
      enlarge x limits=0.2,
      symbolic x coords={0,1,2},
      xticklabel style={anchor=base,yshift=-\baselineskip},
      nodes near coords={\pgfmathprintnumber\pgfplotspointmeta}
    ]
      \addplot[fill=white] coordinates {
        (0,295)
        (1,175)
        (2,20)
      };
    \end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
%\caption{40-bit primes} \label{40bits}
\begin{tikzpicture}[font=\small]
    \begin{axis}[
      ybar,
      height=8cm,
      width=7cm,
      bar width=15pt,
      xlabel={$c$},
      ylabel={Number of primes},
      ymin=0,
      ytick=\empty,
      xtick=data,
      axis x line=bottom,
      axis y line=left,
      enlarge x limits=0.2,
      symbolic x coords={0,1,2,3,4},
      xticklabel style={anchor=base,yshift=-\baselineskip},
      nodes near coords={\pgfmathprintnumber\pgfplotspointmeta}
    ]
      \addplot[fill=white] coordinates {
        (0,182)
        (1,215)
        (2,75)
        (3,17)
        (4,1)
      };
    \end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
%\caption{41-bit primes} \label{41bits}

Why not use subfig or subcaption instead? See subcaption vs. subfig: Best package for referencing a subfigure — Adam Liter, Mar 10 '14 at 04:41
Those are the names of the packages. subcaption is probably the best to use, as it is actively maintained. — Adam Liter, Mar 10 '14 at 04:47
@Adam I've tried subfigure by naively enclosing tikzpicture and its caption into \begin{subfigure} and \end{subfigure}, but that didn't work. The complain is: Missing \endscname. — BlackAdder, Mar 10 '14 at 04:52
If you want a diagnosis for that, I would need to see a complete minimal working example (MWE), but, at any rate, I've provided an answer to your question that I think is what you want. — Adam Liter, Mar 10 '14 at 04:57

Adam Liter · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-10T05:34:24.290

Here's a possibility that makes use of the \subcaption command of the subcaption package and the minipage environment (see p. 4 of the documentation; there are also dedicated subfigure and subtable environments that are explained on p. 5, if you prefer another possibility).

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage{subcaption}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}
\centering
\begin{minipage}[b]{.49\linewidth}
\centering
\begin{tikzpicture}[font=\small]
    \begin{axis}[
      ybar,
      height=8cm,
      width=6cm,
      bar width=15pt,
      xlabel={$c$},
      ylabel={Number of primes},
      ymin=0,
      ytick=\empty,
      xtick=data,
      axis x line=bottom,
      axis y line=left,
      enlarge x limits=0.2,
      symbolic x coords={0,1,2},
      xticklabel style={anchor=base,yshift=-\baselineskip},
      nodes near coords={\pgfmathprintnumber\pgfplotspointmeta}
    ]
      \addplot[fill=white] coordinates {
        (0,295)
        (1,175)
        (2,20)
      };
    \end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\subcaption{40-bit primes}\label{40bits}
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}[b]{.49\linewidth}
\centering
\begin{tikzpicture}[font=\small]
    \begin{axis}[
      ybar,
      height=8cm,
      width=7cm,
      bar width=15pt,
      xlabel={$c$},
      ylabel={Number of primes},
      ymin=0,
      ytick=\empty,
      xtick=data,
      axis x line=bottom,
      axis y line=left,
      enlarge x limits=0.2,
      symbolic x coords={0,1,2,3,4},
      xticklabel style={anchor=base,yshift=-\baselineskip},
      nodes near coords={\pgfmathprintnumber\pgfplotspointmeta}
    ]
      \addplot[fill=white] coordinates {
        (0,182)
        (1,215)
        (2,75)
        (3,17)
        (4,1)
      };
    \end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\subcaption{41-bit primes} \label{41bits}
\end{minipage}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

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Edit

In response your question in the comment section, you can change the appearance of the \subcaption formatting by renewing \thesubfigure command and by making use of the \captionsetup command.

To achieve the result you want, add

\renewcommand\thesubfigure{Fig~\thefigure(\alph{subfigure})}
\captionsetup[sub]{labelformat=simple}

to your preamble.

enter image description here

Thanks for your help @Adam, one last question though, how can I label the captions Fig 1(a) and Fig 1(b) for example? — BlackAdder, Mar 10 '14 at 05:07

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