PLSCMAP1_RANGE(3plplot)

💅 NAME 💅

okay so bestie, <pink>plscmap1_range</pink> — it sets the cmap1 argument range for continuous color plots. that's it, that's the whole vibe check ✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

plscmap1_range(min_color, max_color)

like, two arguments, and they're both just numbers. we love a low-maintenance icon 💖

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so here's the tea, <lavender>cmap1</lavender> has an argument range, right? and this routine sets that range — specifically the part of it that lines up with the range of data values you're plotting. it's giving matching energies 🫶

the maximum range, the one that corresponds to the entire <lavender>cmap1</lavender> palette, is 0.0-1.0. so the smaller the <lavender>cmap1</lavender> argument range you specify with this routine, the smaller the subset of the <lavender>cmap1</lavender> color palette that gets used to represent the continuous data you're plotting. tiny range = tiny slice of the palette, no cap 💅

now the boundaries, and listen up bc this part matters:

if min_color is greater than max_color, or max_color is greater than 1.0, or min_color is less than 0.0 — then no change is made to the <lavender>cmap1</lavender> argument range. literally nothing happens. the function just looks at your nonsense and goes "no 💀"

(and if you ever need to read the <lavender>cmap1</lavender> argument range back out instead of setting it — use <cyan>plgcmap1_range(3plplot)</cyan>. the g is for get, iykyk 👑)

Redacted form: plscmap1_range(min_color, max_color)

This function is currently used in example 33. ✨ slay, example 33, main character energy fr fr

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• min_color (PLFLT(3plplot), input) — the minimum <lavender>cmap1</lavender> argument. if it's less than 0.0, then 0.0 is used instead. basically the floor is the floor 🎀
• max_color (PLFLT(3plplot), input) — the maximum <lavender>cmap1</lavender> argument. if it's greater than 1.0, then 1.0 is used instead. we're clamping, bestie, it's a whole thing 🦋

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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. 👑 a whole squad, a whole legacy, iconic behavior honestly 🫶

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

PLplot documentation at http://plplot.sourceforge.net/documentation.php.

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August, 2026 — PLplot API — PLSCMAP1_RANGE(3plplot) 💜 that's the page, that's the date, that's the source/version, mwah 💋 go set some ranges bestie ✨🎀