SAC Command Reference Manual

ZLINES

SUMMARY

Controls the contour linestyles in subsequent contour plots.

SYNTAX

ZLINES  {ON|OFF}  {options}

where options are one or more of the following:

LIST n1 n2 ... nn
REGIONS v1 v2 ... vn

INPUT

ON:Turn display of contour lines on.
OFF:Turn display of contour lines off.
LIST n1 n2 . nn:
 Set list of linestyles to use. Each entry in this list is used for the corresponding contour level. If the number of contour levels is larger than the number of entries in the list, the entire list is repeated.
REGIONS v1 v2 . vn:
 Set list of contour regions. The length of this list should be one less than the linestyle list. Contour levels less than a contour region value are assigned the linestyle of the corresponding entry in the linestyle list. Contour levels above the last contour region value are assigned the value of the last entry in the linestyle list.

DEFAULT VALUES

ZLINES ON LIST 1

EXAMPLES

To set up contours which cycle between four different linestyles:

SAC>ZLINES LIST 1 2 3 4

To set contours with dotted lines representing levels below 0.0 and solid lines representing contours above 0.0:

SAC>ZLINES LIST 2 1 REGIONS 0.0

See CONTOUR for more examples of the use of ZLINES.

SEE COMMANDS

CONTOUR

LATEST REVISION

April 30, 1990 (Version 10.5b)