DATAPLOT Language Syntax

The DATAPLOT language consists of commands with or without parameters:

COMMAND {parameter(s)}

The basic graphical command consists of an X/Y coordinate pair and a Graphical Operation Code (GOC). With other commands, the interpretation of this basic command can be modified. There are separate commands to draw a polygon or a function and ways to get texts in different fonts.

To edit a DATAPLOT file, the graphical commands can be abbreviated.

A command (with parameters) must not exceed 80 characters. If it is too long (normally as writing necessary codes in a command’s parameters for a complex expression), two or more lines can be edited.