Bar Charts

[Jennifer Adams]

Yes, skip() works on Z and T -- I will update the documentation.

The "expr" argument must be a 1-D or 2-D grid, and the skipx and  
skipy args should really be called skipi and skipj, since they skip  
over the I and J dimensions of "expr".
Jennifer


On Apr 18, 2008, at 12:27 PM, Eric Altshuler wrote:

> Hi Jennifer,
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> I thought the skip function was only for horizontal dimensions  
> (X,Y). You are suggesting that it also works for T (or even Z)?
>
> Eric
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jennifer Adams" <jma at COLA.IGES.ORG>
> To: GRADSUSR at LIST.CINECA.IT
> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 7:59:33 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: Bar Charts
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> On Apr 16, 2008, at 8:31 AM, Steven Weiss wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I solved the 3 hr interval issue below by changing the ctl file to 6hr
> steps. The skip() function would have done the trick too:
> set t 1 last
> set x 1
> set y 1
> d skip(var,2)
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> Can anyone help me on the multiple lines for X axis???
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> Similar to the time step but I want to do my own labelling.
> The following may achieve your desired result -- I used 'q gxinfo'  
> to get the x and y limits of the plot, which were
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> Page Size = 11 by 8.5
> X Limits = 2 to 10.5
> Y Limits = 0.75 to 7.75
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> Then I used these commands:Â
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> 'set xlpos -0.4'
> 'set xlabs k | l | m | n | o '
> 'set grads off'
> 'd t'
> 'set line 0'
> 'draw recf 1.98 0.27 10.52 Â 0.70'
> 'set xlpos -0.2'
> 'set xlabs f | g | h | i | j '
> 'd t'
> 'draw recf 1.98 0.47 10.52 Â 0.70'
> 'set xlpos 0'
> 'set xlabs a | b | c | d | e '
> 'set ccolor 1'
> 'd t'
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> Where t is a 1-dimensional time series. The labels "a" through "o"  
> can be modified to suit your needs -- they can have more than one  
> character and will be centered on each tic mark. The 'draw recf'  
> commands are to cover up the extra axis line that you don't want to  
> see. Another option is to use 'draw string' for each line of every  
> tic label, but that may be more work than the above.Â
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> Jennifer
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> Regards
> Steven
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steven Weiss" < sweiss at IAFRICA.COM >
> To: < GRADSUSR at LIST.CINECA.IT >
> Cc: "Steven Weiss" < sweiss at IAFRICA.COM >
> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 9:26 AM
> Subject: Bar Charts
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> Hi,
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> I have 2 questions with regards to bar charts.
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> 1. I have grib in 3hr interval time steps. I want show a variable  
> over 6hr
> time steps. e.g   t 1, t 3, t 9 etc.. I cannot see any obvious way  
> to do
> this
> from within a script.
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> 2. How can I print the x axis labels over multiple lines. I notice  
> that by
> default when the x axis labels are time steps, it prints the  
> time,month
> and
> year of 3 lines. How can I embed a line break into the label?
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> Regards
> Steven
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> --
> Jennifer M. Adams
> IGES/COLA
> 4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302
> Calverton, MD 20705
> jma at cola.iges.org

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Jennifer M. Adams
IGES/COLA
4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302
Calverton, MD 20705
jma at cola.iges.org



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