Axis
Axis-cmd
Provides access to tabs in the Axis dialog box. Get and set various axis style parameters.
Syntax:
axis [option] [xyzdialog]
Options:
no option, Open the Scale tab of the Specified Axis dialog box
Syntax: axis xyzdialog
Open the Scale tab of the Axis dialog box ...with the X axis selected when xyzdialog is X. ... with the Y axis selected when xyzdialog is Y. ...with the Z axis selected when xyzdialog is Z. Do not use Z if a plot type is not 3D.
axis x; //Open the Scale tab of X axis.
-a; Open the Title tab of the specified Axis dialog box
Syntax: axis -a axis
Open the Title tab of the Axis dialog box for axis. Where axis = X1 (Bottom X), X2 (Top X), Y1 (Left Y), Y2 (Right Y), Z1 (Front Z), and Z2 (Back Z).
axis -a Y2; //Open the Title tab of right Y axis.
-b; Open the Break tab of the specified Axis dialog box
Syntax: axis -b axis
Open the Break tab of the Axis dialog box for axis. Where axis = X or Y. Z is not supported.
axis -b Y; //Open the Break Tab of Y axis.
-g; Open the Grid Lines tab of the specified Axis dialog box
Syntax: axis -g axis
Open the Grid Lines tab of the Axis dialog box for axis. Where axis = X, Y or Z.
-l; Open the Tick Labels tab of the specified Axis dialog box
Syntax: axis -l axis
Open the Tick Labels tab of the Axis dialog box for axis. Where axis = X1 (Bottom X), X2 (Top X), Y1 (Left Y), Y2 (Right Y), Z1 (Front Z), and Z2 (Back Z).
-m; Open the Special Ticks tab of the specified Axis dialog box
Syntax: axis -m axis
Open the Special Ticks tab of the Axis dialog box for axis. Where axis = X1 (Bottom X), X2 (Top X), Y1 (Left Y), Y2 (Right Y), Z1 (Front Z), and Z2 (Back Z).
-pg; Get parameters for the specified axis and place the value of specified type into varName
Syntax: axis -pg axis type varName
Get parameters for the specified axis (X or Y, Z is not supported) and place the value into varName. Where type is one of:
| S |
Scale type: 0 = Linear, 1 = Log10, etc. |
| G |
Grids displayed: 0 = None, 1 = Major, 2 = Minor, 3 = Both |
| A |
Axis display: 0 = None, 1 = First, 2 = Second, 3 = Both |
| L |
axis tick Label display: 0 = None, 1 = First, 2 = Second, 3 = Both |
| R |
Rescale margin: in % of axis scale |
| M |
number of Minor ticks |
axis -pg X G Grids;
Grids=; //Get the value of Grids displayed.
-ps; Set parameters for the specified axis to value
Syntax: axis -ps axis type value
Set parameters for the specified axis (X or Y) to value. Valid types are as described for the previous (-pg) option. This option also includes:
| T |
set tick labels from dataset where value specifies a dataset. |
axis -ps Y L 3;
-r; Open the Reference Lines tab of the specified Axis dialog box
Syntax: axis -r axis
Open the Reference Lines tab of the Axis dialog box for axis. Where axis = X1 (Bottom X), X2 (Top X), Y1 (Left Y), Y2 (Right Y), Z1 (Front Z), and Z2 (Back Z).
-s; Scroll the specified axis by the specified increment inc
Syntax: axis -s axis inc
Scroll the indicated axis (X or Y) by the specified increment inc.inc is given in major tick units, so:axis -s x 3;scrolls the X axis by three major ticks.
-tt; Set color of axis title to follow the plot's
Syntax: axis -tt
The color of selected axis title will follow the plot specified in its %() substitution.
Examples:
The following script reduces the number of X axis Minor Ticks by half and sets the X axis to show both major and minor grids.
axis -pg X M num;
axis -ps X M int(num/2);
axis -ps X G 3;
This script sets the X axis to a log scale.
axis -ps X S 1;
Given a plot of col(B) vs. col(A) with text in col(C), the following changes the X Axis Tick Labels to use the values from column C:
range aa = [Book1]Sheet1!col(C);
axis -ps X T aa;
This code scrolls the Y axis up by two major ticks, pauses for 1 second, then scrolls back.
axis -s Y 2;
sec -p 1;
axis -s Y -2;
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