Select an Irregular-Shaped Area of Points

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Select an Irregular-Shaped Area of Points

You can use the lasso tool to select points that fall in an irregular-shaped area. Any points marked in the data table as hidden are not selected. See Hide Rows in Enter and Edit Data.

To select points within an irregularly shaped area, follow these steps:

1.

Click the lasso tool

in the toolbar.

2.

Click and hold the cursor (now lasso-shaped) in a plot.

Note: To keep all points selected as you drag the lasso around several sets of points, press the Shift key before you click in the plot.

3.

Drag the lasso around any set of points.

Figure 8.21 Using the Lasso Tool

4.

Release the mouse. JMP automatically closes the lasso and highlights the points within the enclosed area.

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Help created on 10/11/2018