PLPAT(3plplot)

💅 PLPAT — like, plplot's area line fill pattern setter ✨

okay bestie, welcome to PLPAT(3plplot) from the PLplot API — she's a little function with big main character energy, and honestly? she ate. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

plpat — set the area line fill pattern, periodt. 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

plpat(nlin, inc, del)

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so basically plpat sets up the area line fill pattern that's gonna get used later — like, for calls to plfill(3plplot), iykyk. 🫶

the pattern is literally made of 1 or 2 sets of parallel lines, each with its own specified inclination and spacing. and the way you tell her what you want is: first the number of sets to use (that's 1 or 2, no in-between bestie), then two vectors (each with 1 or 2 elements) — one specifying the inclinations in tenths of a degree, and one specifying the spacing in micrometers. 💅✨

also peep plpsty(3plplot) if you wanna be thorough — she's the sister function, no cap. 👑

Redacted form: General: plpat(inc, del)

Where she shows up: this function is used in example 15. ⭐

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• nlin (PLINT(3plplot), input) — the number of sets of lines making up the pattern. it's either 1 or 2, pick your fighter. 🥊
• inc (PLINT_VECTOR(3plplot), input) — a vector holding nlin values of the inclination, measured in tenths of a degree. (she should be between -900 and 900 — respect the range fr fr 🙈)
• del (PLINT_VECTOR(3plplot), input) — a vector holding nlin values of the spacing, in micrometers, between the lines that make up the pattern. 🍓

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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. iconic collaborative behaviour honestly, we love to see it. 👑💜

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

PLplot documentation at http://plplot.sourceforge.net/documentation.php. go read it bestie, it's giving essential. 🧚‍♀️

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this page is PLplot API energy, dated August, 2026 — mwah, that's the sign-off, hope this helped and remember: parallel lines are a vibe. 💀💖✨