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Re: circle plot symbol
As an example library of extra symbols, please find attached my sym.pro
which provides you with a series of filled and open symbols. Use simply
as in
plot,x,y,psym=sym(1)
or
plot,x,y,psym=-sym(6) in case you want connecting lines
If you type
.r sym
showsym
you will get an overview of the defined symbols, and with
showsym,/ps
you can print them and paste them onto your monitor for reference
Cheers,
Martin
Refik Orhun wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> First of all, you have quite an impressive news group.
> Well, I Have a simple question. How do I code a circle as a symbol in a
> plot ? All the symbols in my plots so far are squares, diamonds and
> triangles, i.e. codes 2, 3, 4, etc...
>
> Can anybody tell me the number or code for a "simple circle" to use in PSYM= ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Refik
>
> P.S. I am a biology graduate student and trying to get rid some of the
> Excel graphs from my dissertation. I have used IDL 3.6 on Alpha UNIX for
> 1.5 years, and I am starting to use it again at home on the demo 5.3 until
> I get the student 4.0 comes in. I like it for multi-panel graphs,
> contour-plots, and histograms. Well, no circles yet...
>
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; $Id: sym.pro,v 1.10 1999/01/22 20:12:17 mgs Stab $
;-------------------------------------------------------------
;+
; NAME:
; SYM
;
; PURPOSE:
; define a standard sequence of plotting symbols
;
; CATEGORY:
; utility
;
; CALLING SEQUENCE:
; PLOT,X,Y,PSYM=SYM(NUMBER)
;
; INPUTS:
; NUMBER -> symbol number
;
; 0 : dot
; 1 : filled circle
; 2 : filled upward triangle
; 3 : filled downward triangle
; 4 : filled diamond
; 5 : filled square
; 6 : open circle
; 7 : open upward triangle
; 8 : open downward triangle
; 9 : open diamond
; 10 : open square
; 11 : plus
; 12 : X
; 13 : star
; 14 : filled rightfacing triangle
; 15 : filled leftfacing triangle
; 16 : open rightfacing triangle
; 17 : open leftfacing triangle
;
; KEYWORD PARAMETERS:
;
; OUTPUTS:
; function returns the symbol number to be used with PSYM= in the
; PLOT command
;
; SUBROUTINES:
; SHOWSYM : Can be used to produce a symbol chart for reference
; (Type .r sym, then showsym, optionally with the /PS option).
; Extra keywords are passed to PLOTS, so you can e.g. choose
; a fancy color for your chart.
;
; REQUIREMENTS:
;
; NOTES:
; This function produces a side effect in that the USERSYM procedure
; is used to create a symbol definition. It's meant for usage within
; the PLOT, OPLOT, etc. command
;
; EXAMPLE:
; PLOT,X,Y,PSYM=SYM(0),SYMSIZE=3
; produces a plot with dots (standard symbol 3)
; FOR I=0,17 DO OPLOT,X+1,Y,PSYM=SYM(I),COLOR=I
; overplots 17 curves each with its own symbol
;
; MODIFICATION HISTORY:
; mgs, 22 Aug 1997: VERSION 1.00
; mgs, 10 Sep 1999: - added SHOWSYM procedure
;
;-
; Copyright (C) 1997, Martin Schultz, Harvard University
; This software is provided as is without any warranty
; whatsoever. It may be freely used, copied or distributed
; for non-commercial purposes. This copyright notice must be
; kept with any copy of this software. If this software shall
; be used commercially or sold as part of a larger package,
; please contact the author to arrange payment.
; Bugs and comments should be directed to mgs@io.harvard.edu
; with subject "IDL routine sym"
;-------------------------------------------------------------
pro showsym,ps=ps,_EXTRA=e
FORWARD_FUNCTION SYM
psflag = keyword_set(PS)
if (psflag) then begin
olddev = !D.NAME
set_plot,'PS'
device,/COLOR,bits=8,xsize=8,ysize=5,yoffset=3,/INCHES, $
filename='symbols.ps'
endif
plot,findgen(18),/NODATA,xstyle=4,YSTYLE=4
for i=0,17 do begin
plots,1,18-i,PSYM=SYM(i),_EXTRA=e
xyouts,0.5,18-i-0.2,strtrim(i,2),align=1.
endfor
if (psflag) then begin
device,/close
set_plot,olddev
print,'Symbollist created as symbols.ps.'
endif
return
end
; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
function sym,number
on_error,2 ; return to caller
if(n_elements(number) eq 0) then return,1 ; default
result=8 ; default: return psym=8, i.e. user defined symbol
; define some help variables for
; circle :
phi=findgen(32)*(!PI*2/32.)
phi = [ phi, phi(0) ]
case number of
0 : result = 3 ; dot
1 : usersym, cos(phi), sin(phi), /fill
; filled circle
2 : usersym, [ -1, 0, 1, -1 ], [ -1, 1, -1, -1 ], /fill
; filled upward triangle
3 : usersym, [ -1, 0, 1, -1 ], [ 1, -1, 1, 1 ], /fill
; filled downward triangle
4 : usersym, [ 0, 1, 0, -1, 0 ], [ 1, 0, -1, 0, 1 ], /fill
; filled diamond
5 : usersym, [ -1, 1, 1, -1, -1 ], [ 1, 1, -1, -1, 1 ], /fill
; filled square
6 : usersym, cos(phi), sin(phi)
; open circle
7 : usersym, [ -1, 0, 1, -1 ], [ -1, 1, -1, -1 ]
; open upward triangle
8 : usersym, [ -1, 0, 1, -1 ], [ 1, -1, 1, 1 ]
; open downward triangle
9 : usersym, [ 0, 1, 0, -1, 0 ], [ 1, 0, -1, 0, 1 ]
; open diamond
10 : usersym, [ -1, 1, 1, -1, -1 ], [ 1, 1, -1, -1, 1 ]
; open square
11 : result = 1 ; plus
12 : result = 7 ; X
13 : result = 2 ; star
14 : usersym, [ -1, 1, -1, -1 ], [1, 0, -1, 1 ], /fill
; rightfacing triangle, filled
15 : usersym, [ 1, -1, 1, 1 ], [1, 0, -1, 1 ], /fill
; leftfacing triangle, filled
16 : usersym, [ -1, 1, -1, -1 ], [1, 0, -1, 1 ]
; rightfacing triangle, open
17 : usersym, [ 1, -1, 1, 1 ], [1, 0, -1, 1 ]
; leftfacing triangle, open
else : begin
print,'invalid symbol number - set to 1'
result = 1
end
endcase
return,result
end