<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 98.1p1 release (March 2nd, 1998) originally by Nikos Drakos (nikos@cbl.leeds.ac.uk), CBLU, University of Leeds * revised and updated by: Marcus Hennecke, Ross Moore, Herb Swan * with significant contributions from: Jens Lippmann, Marek Rouchal, Martin Wilck and others --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>PLOT and OVERPLOT commands for plotting data</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="PLOT and OVERPLOT commands for plotting data"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="vol1"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="vol1.css"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node79.html"> <LINK REL="previous" HREF="node77.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="node76.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node79.html"> </HEAD> <BODY > <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html1477" HREF="node79.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="icons.gif/next_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1473" HREF="node76.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="icons.gif/up_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1467" HREF="node77.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="icons.gif/previous_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1475" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="icons.gif/contents_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1476" HREF="node216.html"> <IMG WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="index" SRC="icons.gif/index_motif.gif"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1478" HREF="node79.html">Plotting text, symbols, and</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1474" HREF="node76.html">Plot Commands</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1468" HREF="node77.html">Plotting and overplotting axes</A> <BR> <BR> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H3><A NAME="SECTION00914200000000000000"> <TT>PLOT</TT> and <TT>OVERPLOT</TT> commands for plotting data</A> </H3> In general all commands for plotting data<A NAME="7984"> </A>, have a well defined syntax: <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <TT>PLOT/QUALIFIER P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8, </TT></BLOCKQUOTE> where: <BR> <TT>P1</TT> = table, image, descriptor or keyword name <BR> <TT>P2</TT> = columns, area, or indices of P1 <BR> <TT>P3</TT> = scales in world coordinates/mm or size of the plot; only for <TT>PLOT</TT> commands <BR> The meanings of the remaining parameters on the command lines vary from command to command; in most cases they are used for options. Obviously, in case of overplotting , the parameter for the scales is absent. <P> <BR><HR> <ADDRESS> <I>Petra Nass</I> <BR><I>1999-06-09</I> </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>