PL_SETCONTLABELFORMAT(3plplot)

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, welcome to PL_SETCONTLABELFORMAT(3plplot) — a page from the PLplot API that’s literally about setting the format of the numerical label for contours. iconic little formatting moment, no cap ✨

pl_setcontlabelformat — set format of numerical label for contours.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pl_setcontlabelformat(lexp, sigdig)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Set format of numerical label for contours. that’s the whole vibe 💅

Redacted form: pl_setcontlabelformat(lexp, sigdig)

This function is used example 9. 👑 (yes, example 9 is out here using it — we love a cameo)

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• lexp (PLINT(3plplot), input) — if the contour numerical label is greater than 10^(lexp) or less than 10^(-lexp), then the exponential format is used. The default value of lexp is 4. 🌈
• sigdig (PLINT(3plplot), input) — number of significant digits. The default value is 2. 🍓

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💜 AUTHORS 💜

Many developers (who are credited at http://plplot.sourceforge.net/credits.php) have contributed to PLplot over its long history. absolute legends, fr fr 🫶

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🔭 SEE ALSO 🔭

PLplot documentation at http://plplot.sourceforge.net/documentation.php. go read, bestie, iykyk 📚✨

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mwah 💋 — source/version: PLplot API; footer date: August, 2026; page: PL_SETCONTLABELFORMAT(3plplot). bye bestie, slay your contours 🫶💅