How to extract the x portion of a wave

This writes the x value of each point of the wave wv into it. For the details see

In general you can convert easily between index and x-scale with ScaleToIndex and IndexToScale.

And just to make it really explicit, this will generate a new wave containing X values from a Y wave with X scaling set:

I just wondered, what you mean by ...

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This comes up when plotting data imported from others on the same plot as my Igor-processed data.

You can plot scaled waves and xy-wave pairs together in the same plot without problems, so that might not what you mean? Also, if you know the x-values of the imported data you could assign a x-scaling to the imported data instead (even automatically if you like). This would make working with imported data much easier and with less clutter. For example, I always convert data to scaled waves (even non uniform ones), because losing track of all the x-waves is waaay to easy. I do not know what your data looks like or what for problems you face, so I cannot give you any specific advice here.

Thank you Thomas and John! Very straightforward. In fact, I should have known: I have used the function p before to create a wave of 1, 2, 3, 4... It didn't occur to me that x would play an analogous role but for the wave's scaling.

Chozo: I am referring to situations where a colleague provides me with signal and its associated time series to plot in Igor alongside the data I already have in Igor. Yes, I realize I can plot a wave with scaling on the same plot as a y vs x trace. But part of the work involves shifting the relative timing of the two signals to figure out their time offset. The data is then exported to my colleague who needs a shifted time series to go along with my signal. I've found it easiest to keep things straight in my head if I use explicit time series.

Thanks again to all! Pietro