Chapter 16: Quickplots

This chapter presents some  quickplots that are  collections
of DISLIN routines  for displaying  data with one statement.
Axis scaling is done automatically by the quickplots. By de-
fault, graphical output is send to the screen. 

16.1 Plotting Curves

                        Q P L O T

QPLOT connects data points with lines.

The call is:  CALL QPLOT (XRAY, YRAY, N)          level 0, 1

XRAY, YRAY    are arrays that contain X- and Y-coordinates.
N             is the number of data points.

16.2 Scatter Plots

                        Q P L S C A

QPLSCA marks data points with symbols.

The call is:  CALL QPLSCA (XRAY, YRAY, N)          level 0, 1

XRAY, YRAY    are arrays that contain X- and Y-coordinates.
N             is the number of data points.

16.3 Bar Graphs

                        Q P L B A R

QPLBAR plots a bar graph.

The call is:  CALL QPLBAR (XRAY, N)                level 0, 1

XRAY          is an  array containing data points.
N             is the number of data points.

16.4 Pie Charts

                        Q P L P I E

QPLPIE plots a pie chart.

The call is:  CALL QPLPIE (XRAY, N)                level 0, 1

XRAY          is an  array containing data points.
N             is the number of data points.

16.5 3-D Colour Plots

                        Q P L C L R

QPLCLR makes a 3-D colour plot of a matrix.

The call is:  CALL QPLCLR (ZMAT, IXDIM, IYDIM)     level 0, 1

ZMAT          is a matrix  with the dimension  (IXDIM, IYDIM)
              containing the function values.
IXDIM, IYDIM  are the dimensions of ZMAT.

16.6 Surface Plots

                        Q P L S U R

QPLSUR makes a surface plot of a matrix.

The call is:  CALL QPLSUR (ZMAT, IXDIM, IYDIM)     level 0, 1

ZMAT          is a matrix  with the dimension  (IXDIM, IYDIM)
              containing the function values.
IXDIM, IYDIM  are the dimensions of ZMAT.

16.7 Contour Plots

                        Q P L C O N

QPLCON makes a contour plot of a matrix.

The call is:  CALL QPLCON (ZMAT, IXDIM, IYDIM, NLEV) 
                                                   level 0, 1

ZMAT          is a matrix  with the dimension  (IXDIM, IYDIM)
              containing the function values.
IXDIM, IYDIM  are the dimensions of ZMAT.
NLEV          is the number of contour levels  that should be
              generated.

16.8 Setting Parameters for Quickplots

Quickplots can be called in level 0 and in level 1 of DISLIN.
If they are called in level 0,  the statements  CALL METAFL (
'CONS') and  CALL DISINI are executed by quickplots.  If they
are called in level 1,  these statements  will be suppressed.
This  means that  programs  can change  the output  device of 
quickplots  and  define  axis names  and titles  if they call
quickplots in level 1 after a call to DISINI.

The  following  example  defines axis  names  and a title for
QPLOT:

                   CALL METAFL ('CONS')
                   CALL DISINI

                   CALL NAME ('X-axis', 'X')
                   CALL NAME ('Y-axis', 'Y')
                   CALL TITLIN ('This is a Title', 2)
                   CALL QPLOT (XRAY, YRAY, N)
                   END