PLSTAR(3plplot)

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💫 PLSTAR 💫

okay so bestie, we're diving into PLSTAR(3plplot) from the PLplot API manual and honestly? it's giving "first day of art class" energy. let's go 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

plstar — initialization 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

plstar(nx, ny)

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so picture this: you're initializing the plotting package. iconic behavior. the program is gonna prompt you for the device keyword or the number of the output device you want. and listen — if you just hit RETURN at that prompt? that's the same as selecting the first device. lowkey the easiest choice you'll make all day 💅

now, if only one device is enabled when PLplot is installed, plstar(3plplot) will issue no prompt at all. like, it's already decided, no need to ask, main character energy only ✨

the output device gets divided into nx by ny subpages, and each one can be used independently. to advance from one subpage to the next, you use pladv(3plplot) — that's your little "next slide please" moment 🫶

Redacted form: plstar(nx, ny)

this function is used in example 1, so you know it's a classic 🍓

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • nx (PLINT(3plplot), input) — number of subpages to divide the output page in the x direction. the horizontal slice count, fr fr 🌈
  • ny (PLINT(3plplot), input) — number of subpages to divide the output page in the y direction. the vertical slice count. together with nx? that's your whole grid, periodt ⭐

👑 AUTHORS 👑

many developers (who are credited at http://plplot.sourceforge.net/credits.php) have contributed to PLplot over its long history. so many legends, so much lore 💖

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

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

and that's the whole page bestie!! no cap, you're now officially a plstar girlie 🧚

this page is PLSTAR(3plplot) from the PLplot API manual, dated August, 2026 — so if you're reading it, hi from the future, mwah 💋💖

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