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<td><br><h2>Examples - chron prefab</h2></td>
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These examples all use
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the chron prefab.<tt> </tt>
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All of these examples are included in the distribution (<tt>./pltestsuite/testpf_chron</tt>).<tt> </tt>
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Gallery of ALL prefab examples
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<h2>chron example 1 - dates</h2>
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pl -prefab chron data=data14 x=1 y=2 datefmt=yy/mm/dd xinc="1 month" \
stubfmt=M xyears=yyyy yrange="0 25" barwidth=line color=red \
title="# hits per day" omitweekends=yes
The data14 file:
00/12/21 1
00/12/22 1
00/12/23 2
00/12/27 1
...etc.
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<h2>chron example 2 - dates - tabulated by week</h2>
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pl -prefab chron data=data14 x=1 y=2 datefmt=yy/mm/dd xinc="1 month" \
stubfmt=M xyears=yyyy color=green tab=week title="# hits per week"
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<h2>chron example 3 - dates - tabulated by week</h2>
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pl -prefab chron data=data19 x=2 y=1 datefmt=mmddyy xinc="1 month" \
stubfmt=M xyears=yyyy color=green tab=week include2=annot \
title="# website visitors per week" rectangle="1 1 4 2.5" ygrid=yes \
mode=line step=yes fill=red
The data19 file:
18 071301
16 071401
15 071501
34 071601
...etc.
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In the above example, notice that <b>rectangle</b> (new in 2.02) was used to set a smaller
size, and a file containing script code for the annotation is included.<tt> </tt>
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<h2>chron example 4 - dates - tabulated by month</h2>
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pl -prefab chron data=data14 x=1 y=2 datefmt=yy/mm/dd xinc="1 month" \
stubfmt=M xyears=yyyy color=powderblue tab=month tabmode=first \
nearest=month barwidth=0.2 curve=yes
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<h2>chron example 5 - datetimes - tabulated by hour</h2>
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pl -prefab chron data=data16 x=1 tab=hour datefmt=yy/mm/dd xinc="1 day" \
barwidth=line stubfmt=MMMdd unittype=datetime timefld=2 \
title="# hits per hour"
The data16 file:
01/09/05 09:43:35
01/09/05 09:43:40
01/09/05 13:15:00
01/09/05 13:15:11
...etc.
Note that a file such as this (data13) could also be used, and timefld
would not need to specified:
01/09/05.09:43:35
01/09/05.09:43:40
01/09/05.13:15:00
01/09/05.13:15:11
..etc.
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<h2>chron example 6 - times - tabulated by hour</h2>
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pl -prefab chron data=data15 x=1 tab=hour unittype=time xinc="1 hour" \
nearest=hour barwidth=0.2 stubfmt=HHA \
title="# events per hour" color=coral
The data15 file:
07:47:49
07:47:52
07:47:54
..etc.
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<h2>chron example 7 - hourly temperature readings plotted for one week</h2>
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pl -prefab chron data=data22 header=yes x=1 y=2 datefmt=mm/dd/yyyy \
xinc="1 day" mode=line unittype=datetime title="temperatures this week"
The data22 file has data for one week and begins like this:
datetime temp
12/08/2002.00:00 22
12/08/2002.06:00 24
12/08/2002.12:00 31
12/10/2002.00:00 30
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<h2>chron example 8 - multiple curves</h2>
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pl -prefab chron data=data24 header=yes unittype=datetime mode=line\
datefmt=mm/dd/yyyy x=dt y=airtemp y2=soiltemp y3=watertemp \
xinc="1 day" legendfmt=singleline
The data24 file looks like this:
dt airtemp soiltemp watertemp
12/08/2002.06:00 24 27 16
12/09/2002.00:00 25 27 16
12/10/2002.00:00 30 27 15
12/11/2002.00:00 32 32 15
12/12/2002.00:00 40 37 16
12/13/2002.00:00 19 27 15
12/14/2002.00:00 14 18 13
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In version 2.20 the ability to render multiple curves or bar sets was introduced.<tt> </tt>
This can be done so long as tabulation is not being performed.<tt> </tt>
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