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URL: http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao3.4/chips_get_zscale.html
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AHELP for CIAO 3.4 chips_get_zscale Context: chips

Synopsis

Get the z-axis scale

Syntax

Integer_Type chips_get_zscale()

Description

Gets the scale of the plot's z-axis. The function returns "1" for linear and "0" for log. Non-existent drawing areas are assumed to have a default scale of linear.

The current scale may be changed with chips_set_zscale.

Example

  chips> surface tabbed.data 0 150
  chips> chips_get_zscale()
  1
	

The surface is plotted with a linear z-axis, as returned by the "chips_get_zscale" command.

Bugs

See the bugs page for ChIPS on the CIAO website for an up-to-date listing of known bugs.

Hardcopy (PDF): A4 | Letter
Last modified: December 2006



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