Chapter 2: Procedure and Function Reference An alphabetically arranged reference for all PV-WAVE procedures and functions. Most descriptions include one or more examples and cross references to related information.
Chapter 3: Graphics and Plotting Keywords Describes the keywords that can be used with the graphics and plotting system routines.
Chapter 4: System Variables Describes each of the system variables.
Chapter 5: Software Character Sets Shows the software character sets provided by PV-WAVE.
Chapter 6: Special Characters Describes characters with special interpretation and their function in PV-WAVE.
Chapter 7: Executive Commands Describes each of the PV-WAVE executive commands.
Appendix A: The PV-WAVE HDF Interface Discusses how to access HDF base and convenience functions from within PV-WAVE.
Appendix B: Output Devices and Window Systems Explains how to use the standard graphic output devices and window systems.
Index A subject index with hypertext links to information contained in the Reference.
in this typeface
. For example:
PLOT, temp, s02, Title = 'Air Quality'
in this typeface
, immediately below the commands they describe. For example:
PLOT, temp, s02, Title = 'Air Quality'
$
at the end of a line of PV-WAVE code indicates that the current statement is continued on the following line. By convention, use of the continuation character ($
) in this document reflects its syntactically correct use in PV-WAVE. This means, for instance, that strings are never split onto two lines without the addition of the string concatenation operator (+). For example, the following lines would produce an error if entered literally in PV-WAVE.
WAVE PLOT, x, y, Title = 'Average $ Air Temperatures by Two-Hour Periods'
WAVE PLOT, x, y, Title = 'Average ' + $ 'Air Temperatures by Two-Hour Periods'
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