PLEND(3plplot)

💖 NAME 💖

plend — the way you end a plotting session, bestie. Like closing the group chat but for your plot. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

plend()

That's it. No arguments, no flags, no drama. Just vibes and closure. 🎀

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Okay so picture this: you've been plotting your little heart out, and now the session is over. plend() is the function that wraps everything up. It:

• ends the plotting session (obvi),
• tidies up all the output files,
• switches interactive devices back into text mode,
• and frees up any memory that was allocated.

No cap, this is important: you must call plend() before the end of your program. Not optional. Not "if you feel like it." Before. End. Of. Program. 😭

Also, heads up bestie 🫶 — by default, PLplot's interactive devices (Xwin, TK, etc.) go into a wait state after a call to plend or other functions which trigger the end of a plot page. So like… it just sits there vibing in wait mode. 🙈 If that's not the energy you want, use the plspause(3plplot) function to avoid it. Periodt.

Redacted form: plend()

This function is used in all of the examples. Every single one. Iconic behavior honestly. 👑

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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. Literally so many people, all of them main character energy, and we respect every single one of them. 💜

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

PLplot documentation at http://plplot.sourceforge.net/documentation.php. Go read it, it's giving study buddy. 📚

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kay that's the whole page, hope you slayed ✨ — this was the PLplot API manual, PLEND(3plplot), dated August, 2026, and yes the date is real, we're being so forward-thinking of us 💖 🧚