PLSYAX(3plplot)

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💜 PLSYAX — plplot API, bestie edition 🎀

okay so you found plsyax in the PLplot API and you're like "what does this even do" — don't worry, I got you. It's literally the y-axis twin of plsxax, and we're gonna go through it together ✨

✨ NAME ✨

plsyax — set y axis parameters 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

plsyax(digmax, digits)

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So plsyax is identical to plsxax(3plplot), no cap — the only glow-up is that these arguments are the flags for the y axis instead of the x axis. That's it, that's the whole vibe check. If you want the full detail, go read the description of plsxax(3plplot) because it's the main character here and plsyax is just its y-axis understudy 🫶

Redacted form (yes, that's the actual term, iconic): plsyax(digmax, digits)

This function shows up in examples 1, 14, and 31 — so it's out here living its life in the PLplot example era 💖

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • digmax (PLINT(3plplot), input) — this is the variable that sets the max number of digits for the y axis. If it's nonzero, the printed label gets switched over to a floating-point representation the moment the number of digits exceeds digmax. So like, digmax is the boundary queen 👑
  • digits (PLINT(3plplot), input) — the field digits value. Okay real talk: currently, changing its value here has no effect, because it's only ever set by plbox(3plplot) or plbox3(3plplot). I know, I know, that's giving "why is this even a parameter" 😭 but listen — you can still get its value after you call either of those two functions, by calling plgyax(3plplot). So it's not useless, it's just... a reader, not a writer, iykyk 💀

🌈 AUTHORS 🌈

So many developers contributed to PLplot over its long history (and they're all credited over at http://plplot.sourceforge.net/credits.php) — shoutout to the whole group chat, they literally built this thing 👑💜

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

PLplot documentation at http://plplot.sourceforge.net/documentation.php — go read it, it's giving lore 📚✨

ngl the one thing to remember: plsyax = y-axis flags, identical to plsxax but for y, and digits won't change anything on its own. Periodt. 💅

August, 2026 — that's the date on this page, and the whole thing is PLSYAX(3plplot), so if you ever forget what you just read, just look at the footer bestie 💫🦋

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