plotSetBkdColor¶

Purpose¶

Sets the background color of a graph.

Format¶

plotSetBkdColor(&myPlot, color)¶

Parameters

&myPlot (struct pointer) – A plotControl structure pointer.
color (string) – name or rgb value of the new color.

Examples¶

// Declare plotControl structure
struct plotControl myPlot;

// Initialize plotControl structure
myPlot = plotGetDefaults("polar");

// Set new background color to light grey
plotSetBkdColor(&myPlot, "light grey");

// Create data
x = seqa(0.1, 0.1, 200);
y = x;

// Create a polar plot of the data with the new background
// color
plotPolar(myPlot, x, y);

Remarks¶

Note

This function sets an attribute in a plotControl structure. It does not affect an existing graph, or a new graph drawn using the default settings that are accessible from the Tools > Preferences > Graphics menu.