Change the attributes of the specified dataset, data plot, or worksheet.
set name [option] [value];
We usually specify worksheet, dataset or data plot by name.
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As of Origin 2017, name can refer to multiple plots of the same worksheet dataset, using a Book_N:n syntax. For the following example, create Book1 and fill columns A and B with row numbers in rows 1 - 32: plotxy iy:=(1,2)[1:16] plot:=201 color:=1; // creates a scatter plot %A = %H; // puts the active window title into %A win -a Book1; // activates Book1 plotxy iy:=(1,2)[17:32] plot:=201 color:=2 ogl:=[%A]1!; // adds plot 2 to the graph and sets color to red win -a Graph1; // activates Graph1 set Book1_B -z 24; // changes symbol size of plot 1 to 24; set Book1_B:2 -z 24; // changes symbol size of plot 2 to 24 |
We can specify the data point by providing a number after the dataset name. Specifically, -1 and -2 refers to last and first data point respectively. For example:
set %C 13 -c 2; //This sets the color of 13th datapoint to Red
set %C -1 -c 2; //create a special point on the last data point, -1 for last data point, -2 for first data point
Note: This datapoint notation can be only applied to the following options:
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From Origin 2017 SR1, if you want to set the pattern properties for a multiple pattern plot, you can specify the pattern index after “p” in option directly. That is to say, p is the first pattern, p2 is the second pattern, p3 is the third pattern and etc.For example:
set %C -pf 1; // Turn on '''Fill Area Under Curve''' option set %C -pfv 9;// Set to '''Fill to next data plot – Above Below Colors''' set %C -pfb 2; // Set the fill color of “Pattern Above” set %C -p2fb 3; // Set the fill color of “Pattern Below”
Note: This pattern notation can be only applied to the following options:
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The option switch determines which attribute is set to value. (Read these attributes with the get command.) Some of the values have a built-in list in Origin (color, shape, etc.), user can use the index number to complete the set, indicated by value#.
Option | Description |
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no option | Open the Plot Details dialog box |
-at | Do not save the dataset with the project |
-b | Set the beginning of the data display range |
-b3o | Set the start value from which the 3D Bars are drawn |
-bs | Temporarily set the beginning of the range of a dataset to the index given by value |
-dc | Set the dataset as categorical |
-e | Set the end of the worksheet display range |
-e | Reset the data plot to the full range |
-em | Set the end of the worksheet display range |
-er | Set the number of rows available on the named worksheet |
-es | Temporarily set the end of the range of a dataset to the index given by value |
-ez | Set the end of the worksheet display range |
-f | Set the corresponding X value for the first data point |
-f1 | Set the function to plot from xvalue |
-f2 | Set the function to plot to xvalue |
-hbb | Set the begin value of the histogram bin data |
-hbe | Set the end value of the histogram bin data |
-hbs | Set the histogram bin size |
-i | Set the X increment for the dataset |
-it | Set the internal data type for the name dataset or matrix to the value dataTypeValue |
-set | Force Text & Numeric datasets to show numeric values as text elements |
Option | Description |
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-a | Set the plot to the animate mode to be used for animation |
-an | Turn on or off the animate mode |
-ay | Set the plot to base on the specified Y axis. |
-b3c | Set the color map of surface plot to be from the specific matrix |
-b3t | Set the fill mode of the 3D surface plot |
-b3cc | Set individual color as 3D surface plot color fill |
-b3cm | Set matrix as 3D surface plot color map |
-b3cn | Set matrix as 3D surface plot color index |
-b3cn | Set matrix as 3D surface plot color with direct RGB |
-b3m | Set the mesh on 3D surface plots |
-c | Set plot line color and symbol edge color, or map color to a dataset of index values |
-cf | Set the fill color following the color palette |
-ci | Set plot line and symbol edge color to increment, and choose starting color index |
-cl | Set the plot line color following the color palette |
-cli | Set the plot line color to be increment |
-clm | Set the plot line color to be colormap |
-cln | Set the plot line color to be indexing |
-cm | Set the plot line color and symbol edge color to be colormap |
-cmc | Fill to contour lines or grid lines on matrix based contour plots |
-cmd | Show data points on workbook based contour plots |
-cmf | Show color fill on contour plots |
-cmg | Show grid lines on workbook based contour plots |
-cn | Set the plot line color and symbol edge color to be indexing |
-clr | Set the plot line color to be RGB |
-cpal | Set the color palette to the data plot or matrix |
-cr | Set the plot line color and symbol edge color to be RGB |
-cse | Set the plot symbol edge color following the color palette |
-csei | Set the symbol edge color to be increment |
-csem | Set the symbol edge color to be colormap |
-csen | Set the symbol edge color to be indexing |
-cser | Set the symbol edge color to be RGB |
-cset | Set the plot symbol edge color pattern |
-csf | Set the plot symbol fill color following the color palette |
-csfi | Set the symbol fill color to be increment |
-csfm | Set the symbol fill color to be colormap |
-csfn | Set the symbol fill color to be indexing |
-csfr | Set the symbol fill color to be RGB |
-cu | Set the custom increment color list for plotted line |
-cue | Enable or disable custom colors in data plots. When disabled, you are limited to using the original LabTalk list of colors. |
-cuf | Set the custom increment color list for pattern fill |
-cus | Set the custom increment color list for symbol edge |
-cusf | Set the custom increment color list for symbol fill |
-czn | Set the Z level for level n in a color mapped data plot |
-gtl | Set the gap between leader line and data point |
-gtt | Set the gap between leader line and label |
-lczm | Removing missing values in Z for XYZ contour/surface |
-md | Plot-level override of global and page mask |
-paaf | Set plot Transparency for Fill Only |
-pc | Modify plot data to skip columns by the specified start column and increment |
-pgpa | Set the pie or doughnut starting azimuth (deg.) |
-pgpd | Set the enable doughnut status (pie or doughnut) |
-pgpdh | Set the pie or doughnut hole size |
-pgpho | Set the pie or doughnut horizontal offset |
-pgpva | Set the 3D pie view angle |
-r | Delete special points, selectively or all |
-so | Access the original plot for 3D scatter or trajectory plots |
-spi | Set the index column for triangle patch |
-sx | Set the X offset |
-sx | Access the YZ projection for 3D scatter or trajectory plots |
-sxs | Set the scaling factor of X value after stacking for a data plot |
-sy | Set the Y offset |
-sy | Access the XZ projection for 3D scatter or trajectory plots |
-sys | Set the scaling factor of Y value after stacking for a data plot |
-sz | Access the XY projection for 3D scatter or trajectory plots |
Option | Description |
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-k | Set plot symbol shape (Built-in symbols) |
-ka | Set plot symbol shape (user-defined and ASCII) |
-kf | Set plot symbol interior |
-kh | Set plot symbol Edge Thickness |
-ki | Set plot data symbols to italic |
-kn | Set plot font for alphanumeric symbols |
-ku | Set plot data symbol to underline |
-kt | Symbol tab Construction details radio choices |
-z | Set data point symbol size |
-ksc | Enable symbol custom construction |
-kse | Enable symbol list's "use custom increment list" |
-ksi | Set symbol shape increment |
-kfi | Set symbol fill type increment |
-ksn | Set indexing symbol |
-kfn | Set indexing fill symbol |
-kss | Set single symbol |
-paas | Set symbol follow line transparency |
Option | Description |
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-d | Set the line style |
-dn | Set indexing line style |
-l | Set plot line connection method |
-ldf | Custom the dash lines |
-lfp | Set a worksheet column as Fill to Data Plot dataset |
-lh | Show/hide drop lines on X direction |
-lhc | Set the horizontal drop line color |
-lhs | Set the horizontal drop line style |
-lhw | Set the horizontal drop line width |
-lvc | Set the vertical drop line color |
-lo | Show/hide drop lines on Z direction |
-lv | Show/hide drop lines on Y direction |
-lvs | Set the vertical drop line style |
-lvw | Set the vertical drop line width |
-w | Set line width. Units are pts X 500. Also sets connecting line width, provided the connecting line has an associated Line tab in Plot Details (e.g. connecting lines in stacked bar graph but not connecting lines in box plots). |
-wn | Set indexing line width |
-wp | Set line width in pts. Units are pts (see -w, above). |
Option | Description |
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-tf | Set the text label font |
-tj | Set text label justification |
-tr | Set the text rotation in angle |
-ts | Set text label font size |
-tts | Set what kind of text is going to be displayed for text label |
-tx | Set the Y offset for the plot data label |
-ty | Set the X offset for the plot data label |
Option | Description |
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-paap | Set pattern transparency for Fill Only |
-paal | Set pattern follow line transparency |
-pbc | Set plot bar or column border color |
-pbci | Set bar or column border color as Increment |
-pbcm | Set bar or column border color to be colormap |
-pbcn | Set bar or column border color to be indexing |
-pbcr | Set bar or column border color to be RGB |
-pbs | Set plot bar or column border line style |
-pbw | Set plot bar or column border line width |
-pfb | Set plot bar or column fill color |
-pfbi | Set bar or column fill color as Increment |
-pfbm | Set bar or column fill color to be colormap |
-pfbn | Set bar or column gradient fill color to be indexing |
-pfbr | Set bar or column gradient fill color to be RGB |
-pfc | Set plot bar or column fill pattern color |
-pfci | Set bar or column pattern color as Increment |
-pfcm | Set bar or column pattern color to be colormap |
-pfcn | Set bar or column pattern color to be indexing |
-pfcr | Set bar or column pattern color to be RGB |
-pff | Set bar or column gradient fill color |
-pffi | Set bar or column gradient fill color as Increment |
-pffm | Set bar or column gradient fill color to be colormap |
-pffn | Set bar or column gradient fill color to be indexing |
-pffr | Set bar or column gradient fill color to be RGB |
-pfm | Control the mode of gradient fill |
-pfp | Set plot bar or column fill pattern |
-pfpd | Set bar or column fill pattern as Indexing |
-pfpi | Set bar or column fill pattern color as Increment |
-pfpn | Set bar or column fill pattern by patter file name |
-pfw | Set plot bar or column fill pattern line width |
-vg | Set the bar and column plot gap |
-vox | Set the X direction bar width for 3D bars (XYY, XYZ), in percentage. |
-voy | Set the Y direction (3D XYY) or Z direction (3D XYZ) bar width, in percentage. |
-vw | Set the bar and column plot border width (in points) |
Option | Description |
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-o | Plot the values in the name dataset as Y error bars for the plotted Ydataset |
-om | Plot the values in the name dataset as Y (minus) error bars for the plotted Ydataset |
-op | Plot the values in the name dataset as Y (plus) error bars for the plotted Ydataset |
-or | Plot the values in the name dataset as Y error bars (relative) for the plotted Ydataset |
-os | Set "At which datapoints to draw" options for error bar. 0: follow symbol, -1: draw 1 bar, -2: draw 2 bars, -3: draw 3 bars, 1: skip every other, 2: skip each group of 2, 5: skip each group of 5 |
-ox | Plot the values in the name dataset as X error bars for the plotted YDataset |
-oxm | Plot the values in the name dataset as X (minus) error bars for the plotted YDataset |
-oxp | Plot the values in the name dataset as X plus (error) bars for the plotted YDataset |
Option | Description |
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-lm | Extend plot line when there are missing values |
-pctlr | Reposition contour labels after rescale |
-q | Turn the data label on or off |
-qa | Turn the Auto Orientation of label on or off in 3D graph |
-qb | Set the data label to bold |
-qc | Set the data label font color |
-qf | Set the data label font |
-qi | Set the data label to italic |
-ql | Set the connection type of leader lines on OpenGL 3D graph |
-qlc | Set the color of leader lines on OpenGL 3D graph |
-qlw | Set the width of leader lines on OpenGL 3D graphs |
-qm | Set the data label form |
-qmi | Label points at specified row indices or by space-separated dataset |
-qmie | Enable or disable show of labels at indices specified by -qmi |
-qms | Customize the data label display string |
-qn | Specify the normal vector of the plane for label orientation in 3D graph |
-qnx | Specify the x component of normal vector of the plane for label orientation in 3D graph |
-qny | Specify the z component of normal vector of the plane for label orientation in 3D graph |
-qnz | Specify the z component of normal vector of the plane for label orientation in 3D graph |
-qp | Set the data label position |
-qr | Set data label rotation degree |
-qs | Set data label font size |
-qu | Set underline for the data label |
-qw | Set data label whiteout or not |
-qx | Set data label X offset value |
-qy | Set data label Y offset value |
Option | Description |
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-gm | Set the Edit Mode of the grouped data plots to dependent or independent. |
-gn | Set the LongName of the plot group in which the specified data plot is. |
-hadj | Set the gap between the center and the half violin edge. |
-j | Disable the use of substitution notation (% and $) in the argument string |
-m | Set the specified data plot as movable/not movable with the cursor |
-n | Rename loose dataset |
-pd | Show/hide vertical drop lines |
-pf | Turn the fill area option on or off |
-pfv | Control the Fill Area Under Curve setting |
-pfn | Control the mode of Fill to next data plot |
-s | Show/hide the data plot |
-skip | Display every nth symbol in a line+symbol data plot |
-spf | Control the flatten-mode for 3D surface plot |
-spz | Set the Z offset by percent of the scale range for 3D surface plot |
-tb | Control the data plot rendering mode |
-u | Set (update) the current display range for name in the active layer to be true for name in all layers |
-ui | Update Origin when you type or paste data into an Excel workbook sheet |
-x | Associate an X dataset with a Y dataset |
-yx | Set the dataset to be plot |
Example 1
The following script sets the beginning of the display range for col(B) to 10.
range rr = [Book1]Sheet1!B; set rr -b 10;
Example 2
The next script sets the line width to 2 pts.
//set the line width of 2nd plot on graph to be 2pts range rr = !2; set rr -w 1000;
Example 3
The next script hides data plot from col(B) in graph.
range rr = [Book1]Sheet1!B; set rr -s 0;
Example 4
The following script opens the Plot Details dialog box correspond to active data plot.
set %C;
Example 5
The next script sets the active scatter data plot to display row numbers as data point symbols.
set %C -k 11;
Example 6
The next script adds an XY data plot (col(B) in Book2 sheet1 as Y, col(A) in Book1 sheet1 as X) to the active layer.
range r1 = [Book2]Sheet1!B; range r2 = [Book1]Sheet1!A; layer -i r1; set r2 -x r1; rescale;
Example 7
In this example, open a new project and import the WIND.DAT file from the Samples\Graphing\ folder. Select the Month column and then move to Last. Set this column as a label column. Select the Power and Month column and select Plot:Scatter. Then run the following script to set the label data plot display attributes.
ii = font(Arial); //use font function to find Arial index # range rr = [Wind]Wind!A; set rr -tr 90; //rotate 90 degrees set rr -ty 50; //50% y offset set rr -tj 0; //left justify set rr -tf ii; //set as Arial font
Example 8
In this example, we first plot a XY line and then add some other dataset into the graph. Then give each dataset different settings.
newbook; //New a workbook string wname$ = page.name$; //Get new workbook's name wks.ncols=10; //Set column numbers to be 10 int nn = wks.ncols; csetvalue formula:="i-1" col:=1; Loop(ii, 2, nn) { csetvalue formula:="(i-1)/(2/(ii-1))" col:=$(ii); }; //Gave every column values set %c -em 10; //Only display 10 values plotxy iy:=(1,2) plot:=201; //Plot a scatter graph with first 2 columns for(jj=3; jj<=nn; jj++) { range rr = [%(wname$)]sheet1!col($(jj)); string bb$ = %(nameof(rr)$); //change dataset name layer -i201 %(bb$); //add new plot to the same layer }; int tt = 3; repeat 8 { int tt2 = 1+mod(tt,3); range rr = $(tt-1); set rr -c $(tt-1); //set symbol color set rr -z $(9+(tt-2)); //set symbol size set rr -k $(tt2); //set symbol type tt++; }; rescale;
Example 9
In this example, we first plot a XY scatter, set it to be colormapped and then add some other dataset into the graph. Useing the first plot's setting values to modify the others.
Newbook; string wname$ = page.name$; // Get workbook name wks.ncols = 5; // Set number of coiumn to be 5 int nn = wks.ncols; col(1) = {2000:2010}; // Let the first column be our colormap Loop(ii, 2, nn) { range rr = [%(wname$)]1!wcol(ii); rr = {0:1*(ii-1):10*(ii-1)}; if(ii>2) { if(ii==3) { plotxy iy:=(2,3) plot:=201; // Plot the first scatter using col(3) and col(2) set %c -cse $(524389+ii-1); // Set Col(1) be color index set %c -cset 2; // Set color pattern to be colormapping } else {layer -i201 %(nameof(rr)$)}; // Add the rest to the layer } else { wks.col$(ii).type = 4; // Set col(2) to be X for plotting }; }; for(jj=1;jj<4;jj++) { string pp$ = %(wname$)_%(char(jj+66)$); switch (jj) { case 1: get %(pp$) -cse t1; get %(pp$) -cset t2; get %(pp$) -z t3; get %(pp$) -k t4; // Get the first plot's setting values break; case 2 3: set %(pp$) -cse $(t1+jj-1); set %(pp$) -cset t2; set %(pp$) -z $(jj*t3); set %(pp$) -k $(jj+t4-1); // Make some changes and apply to the other 2 plots break; default: break; }; }; rescale;
Example 10
Use Increment for symbol color and enable the usage of custom color list:
//Create new workbook, fill data and plot as scatter newbook; col(A) = data(1,12); col(B) = col(A); plotxy (1,2); //Use Increment to define symbol color set %c -csei 1; //Enable the usage of custom color set %c -cue 1; //Define the color indices in the custom color list set %c -cus 2 4 6 8;
Example 11
Make a dash line plot and this example customs the dash lines
set %c -ldf "5 20 10"; get %c -ldf str; str$=;