Defining plot scales and axes

The function <#245#>plenv<#245#> is used to define the scales and axes for simple graphs. <#246#>plenv<#246#> starts a new picture on the next subpage (or a new page if necessary), and defines the ranges of the variables required. The routine will also draw a box, axes, and numeric labels if requested. The syntax for <#247#>plenv<#247#> is:


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#eargn405#

#eargn410#

#eargn415#

#eargn421#

Note: Logarithmic axes only affect the appearance of the axes and their labels, so it is up to the user to compute the logarithms prior to passing them to <#270#>plenv<#270#> and any of the other routines. Thus, if a graph has a 3-cycle logarithmic axis from 1 to 1000, we need to set <#271#>xmin<#271#>#math16#= log101 = 0.0, and <#273#>xmax<#273#>#math17#= log101000 = 3.0.

For greater control over the size of the plots, axis labelling and tick intervals, more complex graphs should make use of the functions <#440#>plvpor<#440#> (page #plvpor#441>), <#442#>plwind<#442#> (page #plwind#443>), and <#444#>plbox<#444#> (page #plbox#445>) described in Chapter #reference#278>.