C-PLOT

Scientific Graphics and Data Analysis

sy

select plotting symbol

SYNOPSIS

sy [code]

DESCRIPTION

Without parameters, sy prompts for a special symbol or line type, or you may enter a code from the charts below as an argument. Code 9, the dot, is the default. Any valid character can also be used as the plotting symbol.

Symbols

0 circle
1 square
2 triangle
3 inverted triangle
4 filled circle
5 filled square
6 filled triangle
7 filled inverted triangle
8 diamond
9 dot
10 filled left triangle
11 filled right triangle
12 star
13 filled star
14 spade
15 heart
16 diamond
17 club
18 clover leaf
19 fleur-de-lis
20 Swiss cross
21 Islamic crescent
22 Hebrew star
23 palm tree
24 conifer tree
25 deciduous tree #1
26 deciduous tree #2
27 left triangle
28 right triangle

Lines

A dotted
B short dash
C long dash
D dash/dot
E long/short dash
F long/short/short dash
L solid

If you want to use one of the characters reserved for coding purposes as the plotting symbol, precede the character with a \. The characters c and z must also be preceded with a \ because of their special meaning to the key. To use any other character as a plotting symbol, enter it as an argument to sy or when prompted.

Symbols (except for lines) may be used within text by using the four character sequence \[## where ## is 00 for symbol 0 (a circle), 10 for symbol 10, etc. A line segment containing one of the line patterns may be inserted into text using *X, where substituting A for X selects line-pattern A (dotted), B selects line-pattern B (short-dashed), etc.

EXAMPLE

sy 7

SEE ALSO

cs gk