| Re: difference between PLOT/OPLOT and PLOTS [message #77010] |
Wed, 27 July 2011 09:21 |
Kenneth P. Bowman
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<212d62d4-00fa-4f24-aab2-869800a92d07@m5g2000prh.googlegroups.com>,
andry <andry_william@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
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> Sorry for this very simple question but I always wonder what are the
> main differences in using PLOT/OPLOT and PLOTS?
> I guess, does PLOTS work like a combination of PLOT and OPLOT?
> Can somebody provide with a simple example which illustrates better
> the use of PLOTS?
> (I always use PLOT and OPLOT and almost never looked at the advantage
> of PLOTS. I think I should use it for some of my graphs but do not
> understand yet how it can be used).
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> Thanks in advance,
>
> Andry
OPLOT is basically designed to add additional plot lines or symbols
to an existing 2-D line plot.
PLOTS will plot symbols or lines in any coordinate system (data,
normalized, or device) and in 3-D. It also will take a vector
argument for COLOR, and I think OPLOT does not.
Ken Bowman
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