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plot



PURPOSE

Plots a graph.

SYNTAX


        +--------+   +----------+   +-------------+   +------------+
plot ---| +----+ |---|          |---| +---------+ |---|            |
        +-| -a |-+   +- string -+   +-| -d      |-+   +--- file ---+
         ^| -b ||                    ^| -f      ||      ^        |
         || -c ||                    || -Fxfile ||      +--------+
         |+----+|                    |+---------+|
         +------+                    +-----------+


DESCRIPTION

The plot command plots a graph.  The input vectors contain the y values of an
x-y graph.  Values for the x-axis come from the file specified by -F.  Axis
scales are determined from the first vector plotted.

FLAGS

-a     Suppresses the axes.

-b     Plots the graph with bold weight lines (medium is the default weight).

-d     Does not connect plotted points (this implies -m)

-f     Does not build a frame around the plot area.

-Fxfile
       Uses the specified file for x values; otherwise the positive integers
       are used.  You can specify this flag more than once, causing a different
       set of x values to be paired with each input vector.  If there are more
       input vectors than sets of x values, the last set applies to the
       remaining vectors.

-g     Suppresses the background grid.

-m     Marks the plotted points.

-ri    Puts the graph in GPS region i, where i is between 1 and 25 inclusive
       (13 by default).





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-xf -yf
       Positions the graph in the GPS universe with the x-origin (y-origin) at
       f.

-xa -ya
       Does not label the x-axis (y-axis).

-xhf -yhf
       Specifies the x-axis (y-axis) high boundary.

-xlf -ylf
       Specifies the x-axis (y-axis) low boundary.

-xni -yni
       Specifies the approximate number of ticks on the x-axis (y-axis).

-xt -yt
       Omits the x-axis (y-axis) title.

EXAMPLES

  1. To plot against the positive integers:

      plot  plotdata

  2. To customize x- and y-axes:

      plot  -r5,y10,xa,Fxfile  yfile

    This plots vector "yfile" against vector "xfile", with y-axis ticks
    beginning at zero, no x-axis labels being printed, and the plot being
    placed in region 5 of the GPS universe.

  3.

      plot  -hilo -oy  filea fileb  filea  fileb

    This plots vectors "filea" and "fileb" against the positive integers, with
    y-axis ticks going from the lowest to the highest values in the two
    vectors.

  4.

      plot -Ffilea,Ffileb  filec  filed  filee

    This plots vectors "filec" against "filea"; "filed" and "filee" against
    "fileb".  The y-axis scale is determined from "filec"; the x-axis scale
    from "filea".







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