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graph - draw a graph
graph [ -a spacing [ start ]] [ -b ] [ -c string
] [ -g gridstyle ] [ -l label ] [ -m connectmode ] [ -s ] [ -x [ l ] lower
[ upper [ spacing ]]] [ -y [ l ] lower [ upper [ spacing ]]] [ -h fraction
] [ -w fraction ] [ -r fraction ] [ -u fraction ] [ -t ] ...
Availability
SUNWesu
graph with no options takes pairs of numbers from the standard
input as abscissaes and ordinates of a graph. Successive points are connected
by straight lines. The standard output from graph contains plotting instructions
suitable for input to plot(1B)
or to the command lpr -g (see lpr(1B)
).
If the coordinates of a point are followed by a nonnumeric string, that
string is printed as a label beginning on the point. Labels may be surrounded
with quotes "...", in which case they may be empty or contain blanks and numbers;
labels never contain NEWLINE
characters.
A legend indicating grid range
is produced with a grid unless the -s option is present.
Each option
is recognized as a separate argument. If a specified lower limit exceeds
the upper limit, the axis is reversed.
- -a spacing[ start ]
- Supply abscissaes
automatically (they are missing from the input); spacing is the spacing
(default 1). start is the starting point for automatic abscissaes (default
0 or lower limit given by -x).
- -b
- Break (disconnect) the graph after each
label in the input.
- -c string
- String is the default label for each point.
- -g gridstyle
- Gridstyle is the grid style: 0 no grid, 1 frame with ticks,
2 full grid (default).
- -l label
- label is label for graph.
- -m connectmode
- Mode
(style) of connecting lines: 0 disconnected, 1 connected (default). Some
devices give distinguishable line styles for other small integers.
- -s
- Save
screen, do not erase before plotting.
- -x [ l ] lower [ upper
- [ spacing ]
]
If l is present, x axis is logarithmic. lower and upper are lower (and upper)
x limits. spacing, if present, is grid spacing on x axis. Normally these
quantities are determined automatically.
- -y [ l ] lower [ upper
- [ spacing
] ]
If l is present, y axis is logarithmic. lower and upper are lower (and upper)
y limits. spacing, if present, is grid spacing on y axis. Normally these
quantities are determined automatically.
- -h fraction
- fraction of space for
height.
- -w fraction
- fraction of space for width.
- -r fraction
- fraction of space
to move right before plotting.
- -u fraction
- fraction of space to move up before
plotting.
- -t
- Transpose horizontal and vertical axes. Option -x now applies
to the vertical axis.
lpr(1B)
, plot(1B)
, spline(1)
, plot(3)
graph stores all points internally and drops those for which there
is no room.
Segments that run out of bounds are dropped, not windowed.
Logarithmic
axes may not be reversed.
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