Axis Boxes

axis box<<Axis Settings(<named_arguments>)

Opens the axis specification window or specifies axis settings such as tick marks and axis labels.

If no arguments are included, the axis specification window appears.

Otherwise, specify named arguments for each axis.

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Specify the Y axis as axis box(1).

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Specify the X axis as axis box(2).

The following example creates a bivariate plot and defines settings for the X and Y axes.

dt = Open( "$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.jmp" );

biv = dt << Bivariate( X( :height ), Y( :weight ), FitLine );

rbiv = biv << Report;

xaxis = rbiv[axis box( 2 )];

yaxis = rbiv[axis box( 1 )];

xaxis << Axis Settings( Show Major Grid( 1 ) );

yaxis << Axis Settings( Decimal( 10, 3 ) );

axis box<<Add Axis Label("string")

Adds an axis label with the specified string.

axis box<<Add Ref Line(number, "linestyle", <"color">, <"label">, <width>)

Adds a reference line at number in the linestyle ("Solid" | "Dashed" | "Double"), "color" (using "color name" or index number), "label", and width (in pixels) specified. Note: When a reference line is added that uses the same "label" as an existing reference line, the existing reference line is removed and the new line added.

axis box<<Decimal(width, decimal places)

Changes the numeric format for axis values.

axis box<<Format("name")

Changes to the numeric format given by "name".

axis box<<Get Inc(n)

Gets the increment value of the axis.

axis box<<Inc(n)

Sets the increment between ticks.

axis box<<Interval("format")

Specifies the units used for Inc() with date/time formats: "Numeric", "Year", "Quarter", "Month", "Week", "Day", "Hour", "Minute", or "Second".

axis box<<Label Orientation("format")

Description

Rotates the axis label to one of the following quoted formats: "Automatic" (based on the width of the label), "Horizonal", "Vertical", "Perpendicular", "Parallel", and "Angled".

axis box<<Major Grid Line Color("color")

Sets the color for the major grid (if enabled) using either the "color name" or index number.

axis box<<Max(max)

Changes the maximum value on the axis.

axis box<<Minor Grid Line Color("color")

Sets the color for the minor grid (if enabled) using either the "color name" or index number.

axis box<<Min(min)

Changes the minimum value on the axis.

axis box<<Minor Ticks(number)

Specifies the number of minor tick marks between major tick marks.

axis box<<Remove Axis Label

Removes any label added with Add Axis Label.

axis box<<Reverse Scale(Boolean)

Reverses the normal scale direction so that the highest value is on the left or bottom (that is, closest to the origin).

axis box<<Revert Axis

Restores the axis’ original settings (from time of creation).

axis box<<Scale("type")

If the type is Custom Scale, this message expects two additional clauses: Scale to Internal(expr) and Scale to External(expr).

axis box<<Tick Font("name", <size>, <"style" | "style style...">, "<angle>")

Sets the font name and properties for tick marks. To specify more than one style, include a space between each style and place them in quotes.

axis box<<Show Labels(Boolean)

Shows or hides labels for the axis values.

axis box<<Show Major Grid(Boolean)

Adds or removes grid lines at the major tick values.

axis box<<Show Major Ticks(Boolean)

Shows or hides major tick marks.

axis box<<Show Minor Grid(Boolean)

Adds or removes grid lines at the minor tick values.

axis box<<Show Minor Ticks(Boolean)

Shows or hides minor tick marks.

axis box<<Tick Label List(<i>, {"text1","text2", ...},{n1, n2, ...})

Sets the values and positions of the axis tick labels.

Note: Major tick increments are automatically set to 1.0 if the tick labels are not specified.

The first (optional) integer, i, is the label row index. Leaving it out clears any existing label rows and creates one new one as specified. Including it allows you to override any particular label row; using an index higher than the current number of label rows adds a new label row on to the end.

The second list argument is the string titles for your labels.

The third list argument is optional and specifies the values corresponding to each label; if the value list is omitted, the labels will be on integer increments starting with 1.