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Using the Plot Feature › Using the Plot Feature with REXX › Designing a Basic Graph

Designing a Basic Graph

To define the basic setup for a graph, issue the PLOT DEFINE GRAPH command using this syntax:

PLOT plotname DEFINE GRAPH options
plotname

The name of the graph that you are defining.

options

You can specify any or all of the following options for options:

AXIS(XAXIS|YAXIS [,COLOR(WHITE|color)]
[,TYPE(NUMERIC|TIME)])
BACKGROUND(LABELAREA|PLOTAREA,COLOR(BLUE|color))
DRAW(ON|OFF)
LABEL(XAXIS|YAXIS|TITLE,'label' [,COLOR(color)] [,LINE(n)])
SCALE(XAXIS|YAXIS, start, stop [,step ])
TICK(XAXIS|YAXIS, 'string', number)

You can specify multiple tick marks.

TICK(XAXIS|YAXIS, 'string', number) WINDOW(windowname)

The following section describes the PLOT DEFINE GRAPH command's options.