AXIS3 plots a single axis and its markings at any desired location and angle. Optionally, a possible exponent is determined and placed at the end of the axis title in the form of 10**n. The length of the axis can take any value. The (i)th (i=0 to ml-1) axis major tick is labeled with the value, xm+i*(xx-xm)/le. This version of axis is more flexible than other versions and permits specifying the axis number labeling format. For a log axis see LGAXS.
CALL AXIS3 (x,y,s,n,al,a,xm,xx,t,c,f,ic) x,y (R): starting location of the axis s (C): character variable containing the axis title n (I): number of characters in the string > 0 : axis labelling on positive side (anti-clockwise) < 0 : axis labelling on negative side (clockwise) (100's digit) = 0 : coordinate line, ticks and labels drawn = 1 : line and ticks only--no labeling (1000's digit) = 0 : numeric labels paralel to axis line = 1 : numeric labels orthogonal to axis line (100000's digit) = 0 : color list ignored = 1 : color list used al (R): length of axis > 0 : tick marks placed on same side of axis as title = 0 : no action < 0 : tick marks placed on opposite side of axis from title a (R): angle at which the axis is to be drawn xm (R): value of first marking on the axis xx (R): value of last marking on the axis t (R): number of tick marks specification is coded in the form MMM.mmss where MMM is the number of major tick marks ( MMM > 0), mm is the number of minor tick marks between major tick marks (100 > mm => 0), and ss is the number of subminor tick marks between minor tick marks (100 > ss => 0). (example 1.0102 produces I_._._i_._._I) c (R): size of characters < 0 auto exponent scaling (x10 to power) disabled > 0 auto exponent scaling (x10 to power) enabled f (R): axis number label format (see NUMBER) ic (I): array of color indexes for axis colors ic(1) : color value for axis line and ticks (color upon return if no labels) ic(2) : color value for numbers on axis ic(3) : color value for axis label (color upon return if no exponent plotted) ic(4) : color for auto exponent scale (color upon return if exponent shown)