Dislin Graphic Command Language manual.

This manual describes the graphics command language DISGCL which is an interpreter based on the

graphics software DISLIN. All DISLIN statements can be written to a scr ipt file and then be executed

withDISGCL,orcanbeenteredinan interactive mode.

Similar to programming languages such as Fortran and C, high-level language elements can be used

withinDISGCL.Thesearevariables,operators,expressions,arrayoperations,loops,ifandswitchstate-

ments,user-defined subroutinesand functions,and file I/O routines.

An easy to use interface for data input is given to include data into DISGCL jobs. The format of data

files isvery simpleanduseful formostDISLIN plottingroutines.

Several quickplots are offered by DISGCL which are collections of DISLIN statements to display data

withonecommand.