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Appendix B: PPLUS Guide

Last modified: Mon, 04/03/2017 - 17:31

    INTRODUCTION

    GETTING STARTED

      VAX/VMS

      Required Definitions

        Optional Definitions

    COMMAND FORMAT

      THE COMMANDS

    COMMAND SYNOPSIS

      FILES

        Data Files

        Other Data Entry

        PPLUS Output Files

        PPLUS Command Files

      AXIS

        X- And Y-axis

        Time Axis

      LABELS

      COMMAND PROCEDURES

      COLOR AND FONTS

      PLOT APPEARANCE

      PLOT GENERATION

      DATA MANIPULATION

      HELP

    BEGINNERS GUIDE

      FORMAT

      5.2 VARS

      SKP AND RD

      PLOT AND CONTOUR

      EXAMPLES

        Unformatted Data, X-Y Plot

        Pre-gridded Data, Contour Plot

        Ungridded Data, Contour Plot

        Time Series Plot

    ROUTING PLOT FILES

      VAX/VMS

        Plot Files And Mom

        Plotting Devices

        Examples

    PPLUS COMMAND FILES

      INTRODUCTION

      SYMBOL SUBSTITUTION

      GENERAL GLOBAL SYMBOLS

      EPIC GLOBAL SYMBOLS

      COMMAND FILE LOGIC

      ARITHMETIC

      SYMBOL ARRAYS

      SPECIAL FUNCTIONS

        $EDIT

        $EXTRACT

        $INTEGER

        $LENGTH

        $LOCATE

        $ELEMENT

      LABELS

        AXIS LABELING

        EMBEDDED STRING COMMANDS

        Pen Selection

        Character Slant

        Subscripting, Superscripting And Back Spacing

      DATA FORMATS

        SEQUENTIAL FORMATS

        BIBO FORMAT

        EPIC FORMAT

        DSF FORMAT

      ADVANCED COMMANDS

        %OPNPLT/qualifier

        %CLSPLT/qualifiers

        %PLTLIN,n

        %LABEL/qualifier,x,y,ipos,ang,chsiz,label

        %RANGE,min,max,ntic

        %XAXIS/qualifier,xlow,xhigh,xtic,y[,nmstc][,lint][,xunit][,ipos][,csize][,frmt]

        %YAXIS/qualifier,ylow,yhigh,ytic,x[,nmstc][,lint] [,yunit][,ipos][,csize][,frmt]

    PLOT5, PPLUS DIFFERENCES

    COMMAND DESCRIPTION

      @file_name/qualifier arg1 arg2 arg3 ...

      AUTO,ON/OFF

      AUTOLAB,ON/OFF

      AXATIC,ATICX,ATICY

      AXLABP,LABX,LABY

      AXLEN,XLEN,YLEN

      AXLINT,LINTX,LINTY

      AXLSZE,HGTX,HGTY

      AXNMTC,NMTCX,NMTCY

      AXNSIG,NSIGX,NSIGY

      AXSET,TOP,BOT,LEFT,RIGHT

      AXTYPE,TYPEX,TYPEY

      BAUD,IB

      BOX,ON/OFF

      C

      CLSPLT

      CONPRE,prefix

      CONPST,postfix

      CONSET,HGT,NSIG,NARC,DASHLN,SPACLN,CAY,NRNG,DSLAB

      CROSS,ICODE

      DATPT,type,mark

      DEBUG on/off

      DEC symbol

      DELETE symbol

      DFLTFNT,font

      DIR,arg

      ECHO,on/off

      ENGLISH

      ENTER

      EVAR/qualifier,x-var,y-var

      GET,file_name

      GRID[,LINEAR]

      HELP,arg

      HLABS,n,height

      HLP,arg

      F expression THEN

      INC sym

      LABS/qualifier,n,X,Y,JST,label

      LABSET,HLAB1,HXLAB,HYLAB,HLABS

      LEV,arg,arg,arg ...

      LIMITS,value,comparison,flag

      LINE,n,MARK,TYPE,XOFF,YOFF,DN1,UP1,DN2,UP2

      LINFIT,n,XIMIN,XIMAX,XOMIN,XOMAX

      LIST,IMIN,IMAX,JMIN,JMAX,VCOMP,arg

      LISTSYM

      LLABS,n,X,Y,TYPE

      MARKH,n,SIZE

      METRIC

      NLINES

      ORIGIN,XORG,YORG

      PEN,n,ipen

      PLOT/qualifiers,label

      PLOTV/qualifiers,VANG,INC,label

      PLOTUV/qualifiers,VANG,INC,label

      PLTNME,fname

      PLTYPE,ICODE

      RD/qualifier,NX,NY,TYPE,n,file_name

      RESET

      RETURN

      RLABS,n,ANG

      ROTATE,ON/OFF

      RWD,file_name

      SAVE,file_name

      SET sym arg

      SHOW symbol

      SIZE,width,height

      SKP,n,file_name

      SMOOTH,n

      SPAWN

      TAXIS/qualifier,DT,arg

      TEKNME[,fname]

      TICS,SMX,LGX,SMY,LGY,IX,IY

      TIME,TMIN,TMAX,TSTART

      TITLE,HLAB,label

      TKTYPE,TYPE

      TRANSXY,n,XFACT,XOFF,YFACT,YOFF

      TXLABP,n

      TXLINT,low_int,hi_int

      TXLSZE,ht

      TXNMTC,n

      TXTYPE,type,style

      VARS,NGRP,A1,A2,A3,...,Ai

      VECKEY/qualifier,x,y,ipos,format

      VECSET,length,scale

      VECTOR/qual,skipx,skipy,label

      VELVCT,rlenfact,inc

      VIEW/qualifiers,ZSCALE,IC,ZMIN,ZMAX,VCOMP,label

      WHILE expression THEN

      WINDOW,ON/OFF

      XAXIS,XLO,XHI,XTIC

      XFOR,frmt

      XLAB,label

      YAXIS,YLO,YHI,YTIC

      YFOR,frmt

      YLAB,label

    FONT TABLES