PLPATH(3plplot)

💖 PLPATH 💖

ok so this is a page from the PLplot API manual — yes bestie, the plotting library, we're getting fancy today 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

plpath — draws a line between two points, and it's lowkey iconic because it actually accounts for coordinate transforms ✨ like it's not just a dumb straight line, it's a smart straight line 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

plpath(n, x1, y1, x2, y2)

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

Okay so picture this: you've got two points, (x1, y1) and (x2, y2), and plpath literally just joins them together with a line 🔥.

But here's the tea ☕ — if a global coordinate transform is defined, then the line gets broken up into n segments to approximate the path. So it's not one lazy stroke, it's a whole little squad of segments doing the work together 💪.

And if there's no transform defined? Then honestly it just acts like a call to pljoin(3plplot). Same vibe, no drama 🌈.

Redacted form: plpath(n,x1,y1,x2,y2) — iykyk 🧚

This function is used in example 22. Go look at it, it's giving main character energy 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• n (PLINT(3plplot), input) — the number of points used to approximate the path. basically how many segments you're willing to spend on this 💸
• x1 (PLFLT(3plplot), input) — the x coordinate of the first point 📍
• y1 (PLFLT(3plplot), input) — the y coordinate of the first point 📍
• x2 (PLFLT(3plplot), input) — the x coordinate of the second point 📍
• y2 (PLFLT(3plplot), input) — the y coordinate of the second point 📍

like yes queen, two points, five arguments, we love a consistent type signature 🍓

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

So many developers have contributed to PLplot over its long history — and they're all credited at http://plplot.sourceforge.net/credits.php 🫶. Genuinely obsessed with a project that actually names its people, no cap 💜.

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• PLplot documentation at http://plplot.sourceforge.net/documentation.php — the whole lore, right there 📚

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ok that's the whole page, mwah 💋 — this one's from the PLplot API docs, dated August, 2026, filed under PLPATH(3plplot). go draw something slay today 💅✨