| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| tib |
Posted - 01/29/2002 : 2:37:37 PM
I want to set the matrix coordinates via script;
When creating a new matrix the default is 1 to 32 in both x and y direction.
When running the following test script
matrix -pg X aaa bbb;
matrix -pg Y ccc ddd;
type $(aaa) $(bbb) $(ccc) $(ddd);
aaa=111; bbb=222; ccc=333; ddd=444;
matrix -ps X $(aaa) $(bbb);
matrix -ps Y $(ccc) $(ddd);
aaa=0; bbb=0; ccc=0; ddd=0;
matrix -pg X aaa bbb;
matrix -pg Y ccc ddd;
type $(aaa) $(bbb) $(ccc) $(ddd);
I get the following results:
First run:
1 10 1 10 but it should be 1 32 1 32
111 222 333 444 but the real values in the dialog are 111 32 333 32
Second run:
111 222 333 444
111 222 333 444 but the real values are still 111 32 333 32
After having changed a number by hand in the matrix dimension dialog
the above script works. But this is not the purpose of a script.
Is there any initialization necessary? What am I doing wrong?
Thanks, Tilman. |
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| lanne |
Posted - 01/31/2002 : 11:28:30 AM
Well I'm wondering if there is not a confusion between the indexes of the matrix on one side and X and Y on the other side.
When one do what Mike told us:
matrix -ps X 1 100;
matrix -ps Y 1 100;
And open the Set Dimensions dialog, it definitely shows the good results. The dimention of the matrix is indeed 32x32 and the X and Y "Last" coordinates show up 100.
And if you type:
matrix -v x+y;
the last bottom/right element of the matrix will show 200 (and not 64 as expected above). Because to the last row number of the matrix corresponds Y=100 and to the last column number of the matrix corresponds X=100.
In that way everything works quite good and the results of tib's script are the good ones...
Edit - I just checked that its works exactly the same way in 6.0 and 7.0
Edited by - lanne on 01/31/2002 11:42:47 |
| Laurie |
Posted - 01/31/2002 : 10:46:41 AM
Ok, now I see the problem in 6.1 SR4, and yes it's just a problem with the dialog. The X and Y values do get set. (If you use the dialog to enter values, it looks to work ok as well.) It looks like we've fixed the problem in 7.0.
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| Mike Buess |
Posted - 01/30/2002 : 4:29:38 PM
Hi Laurie,
Yes, I think we all agree now that matrix -ps works as advertised. But there's something wrong with the Set Dimensions dialog. The values it shows are not the true values. Perhaps the dialog isn't being initialized properly? (Just a guess.)
Quick example:
Open a new matrix window.
matrix -ps X 1 100;
matrix -ps Y 1 100;
Open Set Dimensions dialog... The X and Y "Last" coordinates show up as 32 instead of 100.
Mike Buess
Origin WebRing Member
Edited by - Mike Buess on 01/30/2002 16:35:04 |
| Laurie |
Posted - 01/30/2002 : 4:11:15 PM
It seems to work as expected.
matrix -pg and matrix -ps take three parameters: DIM X Y
Dim will return or set the dimensions. X and Y will set the First and Last coordinates.
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| Mike Buess |
Posted - 01/30/2002 : 3:22:29 PM
Tilman,quote:
You mentioned the matrix commands. ...
I was just referring to matrix -ps, which seems to work fine. I guess what I really meant was that it's safe to ignore the Set Dimensions dialog.
I haven't tried irregular spacings and don't work with matrices enough to suggest anything useful. Anyone else have ideas?
Mike Buess
Origin WebRing Member |
| tib |
Posted - 01/30/2002 : 02:31:45 AM
Hi Mike,
thanks for your comments. Yes, you're right it's not necessary to use the substitution notation. The actual example was like matrix -ps X %(WksName,ii,jj) %(WksName,ii,jj-1);
Since the first value was right in the dialog, but always the latter have been wrong, I thought, that maybe the hole thing was interpreted as a string, and I tried $(%(%WksName,ii,jj).. and many other things...
So, after wasting hours  and trying many things I have to admit that because of the wrong numbers in the dialog, I didn't even try to plot the data. But maybe I should have done this that regardless.
You mentioned the matrix commands.
Of course I would prefer a command like "MatName!mat.xmin=1" and the same for xmax, ymin, and ymax.
But I couldn't find such a command (once more again ) in my printed manual. Are there such of this kind?
By the way, do you know how one can handle irregular spacings in matrices?
For example if the x or y values are not equally spaced, let's say 0,1,2,5,10,20,50,100,200,500.
I don't want to use logarithmic scale.
In a worksheet, I can set this column to Text and then I have equal spaces in the plot but still the right labeling. How can I do this in a 2D plot, i.e. in a matrix?
Thanks, Tilman. |
| Mike Buess |
Posted - 01/29/2002 : 11:10:13 PM
Hi Tilman,
I think the "Set Dimensions" dialog contains the wrong numbers. I went through your example and got the same results. But when I put numbers in the matrix and plotted in 3D the X and Y axes were labelled according to matrix -ps X and Y values. There's obviously a bug here somewhere, but it looks like its safer to go with the matrix commands.
By the way, why do you use substitution notation in the matrix -ps commands? Just curious.
Mike Buess
Origin WebRing Member
Edited by - Mike Buess on 01/29/2002 23:13:21 |
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