GSCRIPT Call

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GSCRIPT Call

writes multiple text strings with special fonts

CALL GSCRIPT( x, y, text<, angle><, rotate><, height><, font>

<, color><, window><, viewport>);

The inputs to the GSCRIPT subroutine are as follows:

x

is a scalar or vector containing the x coordinates of the lower left starting position of the text string's first character.

y

is a scalar or vector containing the y coordinates of the lower left starting position of the text string's first character.

text

is a character vector of text strings.

angle

is the slant of each text string.

rotate

is the rotation of individual characters.

height

is a real number specifying the character height.

font

is a character matrix or quoted literal that specifies a valid font name.

color

is a valid SAS color. The color argument can be specified as a quoted text string (such as 'RED'), the name of a character matrix containing a valid color as an element, or a color number (such as 1). A color number n refers to the nth color in the color list.

window

is a numeric matrix or literal specifying a window. This is given in world coordinates and has the form

{minimum-x minimum-y maximum-x maximum-y}

viewport

is a numeric matrix or literal specifying a viewport. This is given in normalized coordinates and has the form

{minimum-x minimum-y maximum-x maximum-y}

The GSCRIPT subroutine writes multiple text strings with special character fonts. The x and y vectors describe the coordinates of the lower left starting position of the text string's first character. The color argument can have more than one element.

Note: Hardware characters cannot always be obtained if you change the HEIGHT or ASPECT parameters or if you use a viewport.

The coordinates in use for this graphics command are world coordinates. Examples of valid statements follow:

   call gscript(7,y,names);
   call gscript(50,50,"plot of height vs weight");
   call gscript(10,90,"yaxis",-90,90);

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