annotationSetLineStyle#

Purpose#

Sets the line style for textbox, rectangle or ellipse borders as well as the style for lines and arrows.

Format#

annotationSetLineStyle(&myAnnotation, style)#

Parameters:

&myAnnotation (struct) – A pointer to an instance of a plotAnnotation structure.
style (matrix) –
line style. Valid options include:

1

solid

2

dash

3

dot

4

dash-dot

5

dash-dot-dot

Examples#

Basic usage#

/*
** Declare 'myAnnotation' to be an instance of a plotAnnotation structure
** and fill it in with default values
*/
struct plotAnnotation myAnnotation;
myAnnotation = annotationGetDefaults();

// Set line style to 'dot'
line_style = 3;
annotationSetLineStyle(&myAnnotation, line_style);

Full example creating an ellipse with a dash border#

// Create and plot some simple data
x = seqa(0.1, 0.2, 10);
y = 3 .* sin(x) + rndu(10, 1);
plotXY(x, y);

/*
** Declare 'myAnnotation' to be an instance of a plotAnnotation structure
** and fill it in with default values
*/
struct plotAnnotation myAnnotation;
myAnnotation = annotationGetDefaults();

// Set line style to dash (for ellipse border in this case)
annotationSetLineStyle(&myAnnotation, 2);

/*
** Add ellipse to 'xy' plot from above
** using settings from 'myAnnotation'
*/
plotAddShape(myAnnotation, "ellipse", 0.4, 1.5, 1, 2.9);

1	solid
2	dash
3	dot
4	dash-dot
5	dash-dot-dot