<html> <head> <title>Gri: `show' command</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000EE" vlink="#551A8B" alink="FF0000"> <!-- newfile Show.html "Gri: `show' command" "Gri Commands" --> <!-- @node Show, Skip, Set Z Missing, List Of Gri Commands --> <a name="Show" ></a> <img src="./resources/top_banner.gif" usemap="#navigate_top" border="0"> <table summary="top banner" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"> <font size=-1> <br> Chapters: </br> <a href="Introduction.html">1: Introduction</a><br> <a href="SimpleExample.html">2: Simple example</a><br> <a href="InvokingGri.html">3: Invocation</a><br> <a href="GettingMoreControl.html">4: Finer Control</a><br> <a href="X-Y.html">5: X-Y Plots</a><br> <a href="ContourPlots.html">6: Contour Plots</a><br> <a href="Images.html">7: Image Plots</a><br> <a href="Examples.html">8: Examples</a><br> <a href="Commands.html">9: Gri Commands</a><br> <a href="Programming.html">10: Programming</a><br> <a href="Environment.html">11: Environment</a><br> <a href="Emacs.html">12: Emacs Mode</a><br> <a href="History.html">13: History</a><br> <a href="Installation.html">14: Installation</a><br> <a href="Bugs.html">15: Gri Bugs</a><br> <a href="TestSuite.html">16: Test Suite</a><br> <a href="Acknowledgments.html">17: Acknowledgments</a><br> <a href="License.html">18: License</a><br> <br> Indices:</br> <a href="ConceptIndex.html"><i>Concepts</i></a><br> <a href="CommandIndex.html"><i>Commands</i></a><br> <a href="BuiltinIndex.html"><i>Variables</i></a><br> </font> <td width="500" valign="top"> <map name="navigate_top"> <area alt="index.html#Top" shape="rect" coords="5,2,218,24" href="index.html#Top"> <area alt="ListOfGriCommands.html#ListOfGriCommands" shape="rect" coords="516,2,532,24" href="ListOfGriCommands.html#ListOfGriCommands"> <area alt="Gri: Set commands" shape="rect" coords="557,2,573,24" href="Set.html"> <area alt="Gri: `skip' command" shape="rect" coords="581,2,599,24" href="Skip.html"> </map> <map name="navigate_bottom"> <area alt="index.html#Top" shape="rect" coords="5,2,218,24" href="index.html#Top"> <area alt="Gri: `skip' command" shape="rect" coords="581,2,599,24" href="Skip.html"></map> <h3>9.3.41: `<font color="#82140F"><code>show</code></font>'</h3> <!-- latex: \index{show} --> <TABLE SUMMARY="Example" BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#efefef" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> <PRE> <font color="#82140F"> `show ...' </font></PRE> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <p> Show some information by printing it to standard output. <p> <ul> <p> <li> `<font color="#82140F"><code>show all</code></font>' Show lots of information about plot. <p> <li> `<font color="#82140F"><code>show axes</code></font>' Show information about axes. <p> <li> `<font color="#82140F"><code>show color</code></font>' Show the current pen color used for lines and text. This is not to be confused with image color, which is independent. <p> <li> `<font color="#82140F"><code>show colornames</code></font>' Show all colors known by name, as defined by `<font color="#82140F"><code>read colornames</code></font>' command and also the builtin colors defined automatically (e.g. `<font color="#82140F"><code>white</code></font>', `<font color="#82140F"><code>black</code></font>', `<font color="#82140F"><code>red</code></font>', etc), (see <a href="Read.html#ReadColornames">Read Colornames</a>). <p> <li> `<font color="#82140F"><code>show columns</code></font>' Show x, y, z, u, v column data. <p> <li> `<font color="#82140F"><code>show columns statistics</code></font>' Show means, std devs, etc for columns. <p> <li> `<font color="#82140F"><code>show flags</code></font>' Show values of all flags. (Developers only.) <p> <li> `<font color="#82140F"><code>show grid</code></font>' Show an indication of the grid data (used for contouring). <p> <li> `<font color="#82140F"><code>show grid mask</code></font>' Show 1 if grid data are valid or 0 if contours will not extend into this region. <p> <li> `<font color="#82140F"><code>show image</code></font>' Show information about image, such as a histogram of values, and, if the image is small enough, the actual data. <p> <li> `<font color="#82140F"><code>show license</code></font>' Show the license for Gri, which outlines how users are allowed to share it freely. <p> <li> `<font color="#82140F"><code>show misc</code></font>' Show miscellaneous information about the plot, the data, etc. <p> <li> `<font color="#82140F"><code>show next line</code></font>' Show next line of data-file. <p> <li> `<font color="#82140F"><code>show synonyms</code></font>' Show values of all synonyms, whether built-in or user-defined. <p> <li> `<font color="#82140F"><code>show stopwatch</code></font>' Show elapsed time since first call to this command in the given Gri program. <p> <li> `<font color="#82140F"><code>show time</code></font>' Show the current time. <p> <li> `<font color="#82140F"><code>show traceback</code></font>' Show traceback (i.e., the tree of commands being done at this instant). <p> <li> `<font color="#82140F"><code>show variables</code></font>' Show values of all variables, whether built-in or user-defined. <p> <li> `<font color="#82140F"><code>show .value.</code></font>' Show value of indicated variable. <p> <li> `<font color="#82140F"><code>show {rpn ...}</code></font>' Show result of computing indicated expression. <p> <li> `<font color="#82140F"><code>show "some text"</code></font>' Print the indicated string. You may use a double-slash to prevent Gri from substituting synonym values; thus it is common to do e.g. <p> <TABLE SUMMARY="Example" BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#efefef" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> <PRE> <font color="#82140F"> \var = "Temperature" show "Plotting \\var = 'var'" </font></PRE> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <p> which will produce the output line <p> <TABLE SUMMARY="Example" BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#efefef" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> <PRE> <font color="#82140F"> Plotting \\var = 'Temperature' </font></PRE> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <p> <li> `<font color="#82140F"><code>show "time=" .time. "; depth=" .depth.</code></font>' Print strings and values as indicated. If the last item is ellipses (three dots with no spaces between them), then no newline is printed; this makes the next `<font color="#82140F"><code>show</code></font>' statement print on the same line. <p> To get a newline in a printed string, use the three-character glyph `<font color="#82140F"><code>\<<</code></font>', and to get a horizontal tab, use `<font color="#82140F"><code>\>></code></font>', as in the examples below <p> <TABLE SUMMARY="Example" BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#efefef" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> <PRE> <font color="#82140F"> \a = "HI" show "\\a=\a" system echo -e "a\\nb" show "first line\<<second line" show "first line\<<\>>(tabbed) second line" show "first line\<<\>>(tabbed) second line" </font></PRE> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <p> </ul> <p> </table> <img src="./resources/bottom_banner.gif" usemap="#navigate_bottom" border="0"> </body> </html>