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10.3.27 Plot: Plot values on the display

General Form:

          plot exprs [ylimit ylo yhi] [xlimit xlo xhi] [xindices xilo xihi]
         [xcompress comp] [xdelta xdel] [ydelta ydel] [xlog] [ylog] [loglog]
         [vs xname] [xlabel word] [ylabel word] [title word] [samep]
         [linear]

Plot the given exprs on the screen (if you are on a graphics terminal). The xlimit and ylimit arguments determine the high and low x- and y-limits of the axes, respectively. The xindices arguments determine what range of points are to be plotted - everything between the xilo'th point and the xihi'th point is plotted. The xcompress argument specifies that only one out of every comp points should be plotted. If an xdelta or a ydelta parameter is present, it specifies the spacing between grid lines on the X- and Y-axis. These parameter names may be abbreviated to xl, yl, xind, xcomp, xdel, and ydel respectively.

The xname argument is an expression to use as the scale on the x-axis. If xlog or ylog are present then the X or Y scale, respectively, is logarithmic (loglog is the same as specifying both). The xlabel and ylabel arguments cause the specified labels to be used for the X and Y axes, respectively.

If samep is given, the values of the other parameters (other than xname) from the previous plot, hardcopy, or asciiplot command is used unless re-defined on the command line.

The title argument is used in the place of the plot name at the bottom of the graph.

The linear keyword is used to override a default logscale plot (as in the output for an AC analysis).

Finally, the keyword polar to generate a polar plot. To produce a smith plot, use the keyword smith. Note that the data is transformed, so for smith plots you will see the data transformed by the function (x-1)/(x+1). To produce a polar plot with a smith grid but without performing the smith transform, use the keyword smithgrid.