get_line

Context: lines

Synopsis

Retrieves the attribute value(s) of the line.

Syntax

get_line()
get_line(id)
get_line(id, attribute)

Description

The function arguments.

Argument	Description
id	A ChipsId structure identifying the item, or a string containing the name of the object.
attribute	The name of the attribute to retrieve, such as 'style' or 'color'.

The get_line command returns a structure containing all the attribute values of the line. To retrieve the value of a specific attribute, provide the attribute name and the id or ChipsId of the object.

Some values are set to "None" in the returned structure. These entries generally correspond to attributes which may only be modified at creation time, such as the object id.

Please see the section "Line Preferences and Attributes" below the examples for a list of the line attributes.

To see if a line is hidden or visible, use the get_line_visible command.

Advanced Functions

The module of advanced ChIPS functions contains other commands for retrieving attribute values (refer to "ahelp chips" for information on loading the module):

get_line_color
get_line_depth
get_line_extend  
get_line_stipple
get_line_style
get_line_thickness

Examples

Example 1

chips> add_line(.1,.1,.9,.9,"thickness=9 id=line1")
chips> print(get_line())
chips> print(get_line("line1","style"))

A line is created and becomes current. Calling get_line with no argument returns all the attributes of the object. get_line is called a second time to return just the "style" attribute.

Example 2

chips> add_line(.1,.1,.9,.9,"thickness=9 id=line1")
chips> add_line(.6,.1,.6,.9,"thickness=9 color=lime")
chips> print(get_line("line1"))

Two lines are created. get_line is called with the id of the first line, returning all attributes.

Example 3

chips> id=ChipsId()
chips> id.line="line1"
chips> print(get_line(id))

A ChipsId structure is created and the id.line field is set to "line1". get_line is called with the ChipsId.

Example 4

chips> li = get_line()
chips> print(li)

Retrieve a structure containing the attribute values of the current line and store the results in "li". Print the contents of "li".

Line Preferences and Attributes

The attributes associated with lines are given in the following table, where the "Set?" column refers to whether the attribute can be change using the set_line() command. To change the line preference settings prepend "line." to the attribute name.

Attribute	Description	Options	Default	Set?
color	line color	name or hex; see the Color section of "ahelp chipsopt"	default	Yes
coordsys	coordinate system for the line	PIXEL, WINDOW_NORM, FRAME_NORM, PLOT_NORM, DATA	see "ahelp coordsys"	No
depth	Integer value indicating line depth	see the Depth section of "ahelp chipsopt"	default	Yes
extend	Should the line extend to infinity (segment vs ray)	One of "none", "both", "start", "end", chips_extend_none, chips_extend_both, chips_extend_start, or chips_extend_end.	chips_extend_none	Yes
stem	stem used for line id	An alpha-numeric character sequence that does not contain a space	line	No
style	stipple pattern used to draw the line segment	see the Line Style section of "ahelp chipsopt"	chips_solid	Yes
thickness	line thickness	0.5 to 10.0; see the Thickness section of "ahelp chipsopt"	1	Yes

Bugs

See the bugs pages on the ChIPS website for an up-to-date listing of known bugs.