Add Text

In a JMP graph, you can use Text() to draw text at a given location.

Text( <properties>, ( {x, y}|{left, bottom, right, top} ), "text" );

The point and text can be in any order and repeated. You can precede the point and text with an optional first argument: Center Justified, Right Justified, Erased, Boxed, Counterclockwise, or Clockwise. Erased is for removing whatever would otherwise obscure the text in a graph. It paints a background-colored rectangle behind the text.

In the following example, notice how the erased text appears inside a white box over the green Rect().

mytext = New Window( "Adding Text",

	Graph Box(

		Frame Size( 200, 200 ),

		Y Scale( 0, 15 ),

		X Scale( 0, 10 ),

		Text Size( 9 );

		Text Color( "blue" );

		Text( {5, 1}, "Left Justified" );

		Text( Center Justified, {5, 2}, "Center Justified" );

		Text( Right Justified, {5, 3}, "Right Justified" );

		Fill Color( 4 );

		Rect( 5, 8, 9, 5, 1 );

		Text( Erased, {6, 6}, "Erased" );

		Text( Boxed, {6, 10}, "Boxed" );

		Text( Clockwise, {4, 10}, "Clockwise" );

		Text( Counterclockwise, {3, 5}, "Counterclockwise" );

	)

);

Figure 12.19 Drawing Text in a Graph Box 

There is a variant of the Text() function that draws a string inside the rectangle that is specified by four coordinates. Here is the syntax:

Text( {left, top, right, bottom}, string);

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