Why won't the axis box scripting work if we add "by" in the Bivariate function?

shaira

Hi,

I tried a sample script in the guide and found out that when we add "by" in Bivariate plot, we cannot do axis manipulation using jsl. Is there a workaround for this? Thanks.

 

Sample script that works:

Open( "$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.jmp" );
biv = Bivariate( X( :height ), Y( :weight ), FitLine );
rbiv = biv << report;
xaxis = rbiv[axis box( 2 )];
yaxis = rbiv[axis box( 1 )];
xaxis << Axis Settings( Show Major Grid( 1 ) );
yaxis << Axis Settings( Decimal( 10, 3 ) );

Sample script that  does not work. Plots are outputted but the axes are not modified.

Open( "$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.jmp" );
biv = Bivariate( X( :height ), Y( :weight ), by(:sex), FitLine );
rbiv = biv << report;
xaxis = rbiv[axis box( 2 )];
yaxis = rbiv[axis box( 1 )];
xaxis << Axis Settings( Show Major Grid( 1 ) );
yaxis << Axis Settings( Decimal( 10, 3 ) );

Thanks,
Shaira

txnelson

The issue is, that you have 2 different graphs being created in the By(:sex) configuration.  You can see this if you run the code and show the value of "biv" after producting the chart or charts.  If you show "biv" in the non By version of the chart, "biv" has the value of:

{Bivariate[]}

If you show() the value of "biv" after the By version you will see:

{Bivariate[], Bivariate[]}

There are 2 sets of chart output.  Therefore, this needs to be handled in the code.  The script below will show you one way to do this:

Open( "$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.jmp" );
biv = Bivariate( X( :height ), Y( :weight ), by(:sex), FitLine );

For(i=1,i<=N items(biv),i++,
	rbiv = (biv << report)[i];
xaxis = rbiv[axis box( 2 )];
yaxis = rbiv[axis box( 1 )];
xaxis << Axis Settings( Show Major Grid( 1 ) );
yaxis << Axis Settings( Decimal( 10, 3 ) );
);