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<td><br><h2>System variables</h2></td>
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<title>Manual page for System_variables(PL)</title>
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<h2>System Variables</h2>
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Ploticus reserves the right to assign certain variables, described below.<tt> </tt>
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These variables may be accessed by user scripts as needed.<tt> </tt>
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In order to reference a variable immediately after the proc that set the variable,
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must be used beforehand.<tt> </tt>
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<b>AREALEFT AREARIGHT AREABOTTOM AREATOP</b>
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Set by <b>proc areadef</b> to the locations of the current plot area edges in
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<b>XMIN XMAX YMIN YMAX</b>
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Set by <b>proc areadef</b> to the limits in scaled units, of the plotting area.<tt> </tt>
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<b>DATAXMIN</b>, <b>DATAXMAX</b>
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The minima and maxima of the data field when xautorange is used.<tt> </tt>
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Different from XMIN and XMAX in that these do not include any margin.<tt> </tt>
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<b>DATAYMIN</b>, <b>DATAYMAX</b>
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The minima and maxima of the data field when yautorange is used.<tt> </tt>
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Different from YMIN and YMAX in that these do not include any margin.<tt> </tt>
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if user has opted to use centimeters as absolute units, this will contain 1,
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otherwise 0.<tt> </tt>
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the output display format, one of: <tt>png gif eps ps bwps x11 jpeg wbmp</tt>
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the number of fields per record in the current data set.<tt> </tt>
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the number of records in the current data set.<tt> </tt>
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the number of in-range plottable points rendered by the most recent
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<b>proc scatterplot</b> or <b>proc rangebar</b>.
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May be used in the proc scatterplot legend label.<tt> </tt>
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<b>RANGEBARMEDIAN RANGEBARMIN RANGEBARMAX</b>
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the median, min, and max value of the most recently drawn rangebar,
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in scaled units.<tt> </tt>
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Set by <b>proc processdata</b> when action is <tt>totals</tt>, it holds
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either a single total value, or a comma-delimited list of total values.<tt> </tt>
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<b>BREAKFIELD1 ..</b>
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Set by <b>proc processdata</b> when action is <tt>breaks</tt>, it holds
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the contents of the break field(s), before reaching the breakpoint.<tt> </tt>
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<b>XSTART</b>, <b>YSTART</b>
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X and Y location where the most recent <b>proc lineplot</b> curve began, in scaled units.<tt> </tt>
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<b>XFINAL</b>, <b>YFINAL</b>
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X and Y location where the most recent <b>proc lineplot</b> curve ended, in scaled units.<tt> </tt>
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