PLOT_ERROR_BAR 

Call: PLOT_ERROR_BAR


centre

Each of the coordinates of the centre (x,y) of the error bar can be of type Number or of type Matrix.

The 2 do not need to have the same type: if at least one of the coordinates of the centre or one of the error components is a Matrix, then all arguments of type Number are expanded to type Matrix.

All arguments of type Matrix must have the same length, but they do not have to be 1-dimensional.

[The location of the centre is a mandatory argument for which no default value is provided.]


errors

Lengths of the error bars, measured outwards from the centre of the symbol. Error bars normally have positive values. If they are negative however,then they will appear on the opposite side: a negative "left" error bar will e.g. be plotted on the right of the symbol.

One can either specify only one set of error bars, in which case the error bar will be symmetric, or two sets, in which case the first set is taken to be the left resp. lower error whereas the second set becomes the right resp. upper error.

All components of the error bar can be of type Number or of type Matrix.

The components do not need to have the same type: if at least one of the coordinates of the centre or one of the error components is a Matrix, then all arguments of type Number are expanded to type Matrix.

All arguments of type Matrix must have the same length, but they do not have to be 1-dimensional.

[Error components that are missing default to 0. The error components may be omitted altogether.]


type

The following error bar types are currently available:

CIRCLE
A filled circle and a plus indicating the left, right, up and down errors.
CROSS
Like CIRCLE, but with a cross replacing the circle. This error bar is not filled.
DAVID
David's star, like a 6-STAR but fatter.
ELLIPSE
Each quadrant is a filled ellipse with half axes corresponding to the error components.
HEXAGON
Like CIRCLE, but using a hexagon instead of a circle.
PLUS
Only a + sign showing the 4 error components. This error bar is not filled.
4-STAR
A star with 4 points, in other respects like CIRCLE.
6-STAR
A star with 6 points, in other respects like CIRCLE.
8-STAR
A star with 8 points, in other respects like CIRCLE.
10-STAR
A star with 10 points, in other respects like CIRCLE.
SQUARE
Like CIRCLE, but using a square box instead of a circle.
TRIANGLE
Like CIRCLE, but using a triangle instead, 4 models can be used: LEFT-TRIANGLE, UP-TRIANGLE, DOWN-TRIANGLE and RIGHT-TRIANGLE, for triangles with a corner pointing to the left, up, down and to the right respectively.

More error bar types can be added on request.

[The default error bar type is CIRCLE.]


representations

All error bars contain line segments, which are drawn according to the polyline representation ERROR-BAR. Most error bars have in addition an area which is filled according to the fill area representation of ERROR-BAR and then outlined with the polyline representation.

By selecting a fill area interior style of HOLLOW one gets "empty" markers, while SOLID gives "filled" markers of a chosen colour. The colour of "empty" markers is determined by the colour of the polyline representation rather than the fill area representation since the polyline is drawn last.


size

The radius of the circle (type CIRCLE), the half-size of the cross and the box (types CROSS and SQUARE), the distance from the centre to the tips of the STARs, TRIANGLEs and HEXAGON. The size is also used for the "serifs" at the end of the + sign that indicates the error bars for all types with the exception of ELLIPSE.

The size is measured in the Normalised Device Coordinates, i.e. the coordinate system in which the plot has a range of (0,0) to (1,1).

[The default size is 1\ % of the NDC frame.]


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Formatted on 21/01/18 at 16:55.