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<h4><a name="layer-gaussian">8.3.21 <code>gaussian</code></a></h4>
<p>Plots a best fit Gaussian to the histogram of
a sample of data.
In fact, all this plotter does is to calculate the mean
and standard deviation of the sample,
and plot the corresponding Gaussian curve.
The mean and standard deviation values are reported by the plot.
</p>
<p>The <code>normalise</code> config option,
perhaps in conjunction with <code>binsize</code>,
can be used to scale the height of the plotted curve
in data units.
In this case, <code>binsize</code>
just describes the bar width of a notional histogram
whose outline the plotted Gaussian should try to fit,
and is only relevant for some of the normalisation options.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Usage Overview:</strong>
<pre>
layerN=gaussian colorN=<rrggbb>|red|blue|... showmeanN=true|false
thickN=<pixels> dashN=dot|dash|...|<a,b,...>
antialiasN=true|false
normaliseN=none|area|unit|maximum|height
binsizeN=+<width>|-<count> xN=<num-expr> weightN=<num-expr>
inN=<table> ifmtN=<in-format> istreamN=true|false
icmdN=<cmds>
</pre>
</p>
<p>All the parameters listed here
affect only the relevant layer,
identified by the suffix
<code>N</code>.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Example:</strong>
</p>
<div align="center"><img src="plot2-layer-gaussian.png" alt="" align="middle"></div>
<p><pre> stilts plot2plane <strong>in=mgc_ok.fits</strong> <strong>x=mgc_dc_sb</strong>
layer1=histogram color1=green
<strong>layer2=gaussian</strong> <strong>color2=grey</strong> <strong>thick2=3</strong>
ymax=1200</pre></p>
<p>
<dl>
<dt><strong><code>antialiasN = true|false</code> <em>(Boolean)</em></strong></dt>
<dd>If true, plotted lines are drawn with antialising.
Antialised lines look smoother, but may take
perceptibly longer to draw.
Only has any effect for bitmapped output formats.
<p>[Default: <code>false</code>]
</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong><code>binsizeN = +<width>|-<count></code> <em>(<a href="http://andromeda.star.bris.ac.uk/starjavadocs/uk/ac/starlink/ttools/plot2/layer/BinSizer.html">BinSizer</a>)</em></strong></dt>
<dd>Configures the width of histogram bins.
If the supplied string is a positive number,
it is interpreted as a fixed width in the data coordinates
of the X axis
(if the X axis is logarithmic, the value is a fixed factor).
If it is a negative number, then it will be interpreted
as the approximate number of bins to display across
the width of the plot
(though an attempt is made to use only round numbers
for bin widths).
<p>When setting this value graphically,
you can use either the slider to adjust the bin count
or the numeric entry field to fix the bin width.
</p>
<p>[Default: <code>-30</code>]
</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong><code>colorN = <rrggbb>|red|blue|...</code> <em>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/awt/Color.html">Color</a>)</em></strong></dt>
<dd>The color of plotted data,
given by name or as a hexadecimal RGB value.
<p>The standard plotting colour names are
<code>red</code>, <code>blue</code>, <code>green</code>, <code>grey</code>, <code>magenta</code>, <code>cyan</code>, <code>orange</code>, <code>pink</code>, <code>yellow</code>, <code>black</code>, <code>light_grey</code>, <code>white</code>.
However, many other common colour names (too many to list here)
are also understood.
The list currently contains those colour names understood
by most web browsers,
from <code>AliceBlue</code> to <code>YellowGreen</code>,
listed e.g. in the
<em>Extended color keywords</em> section of
the <a href="http://www.w3c.org/TR/css3-color#svg-color">CSS3</a> standard.
</p>
<p>Alternatively, a six-digit hexadecimal number <em>RRGGBB</em>
may be supplied,
optionally prefixed by "<code>#</code>" or "<code>0x</code>",
giving red, green and blue intensities,
e.g. "<code>ff00ff</code>", "<code>#ff00ff</code>"
or "<code>0xff00ff</code>" for magenta.
</p>
<p>[Default: <code>red</code>]
</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong><code>dashN = dot|dash|...|<a,b,...></code> <em>(float[])</em></strong></dt>
<dd>Determines the dash pattern of the line drawn.
If null (the default), the line is solid.
<p>Possible values for dashed lines are
<code>dot</code>, <code>dash</code>, <code>longdash</code>, <code>dotdash</code>.
You can alternatively supply a comma-separated list
of on/off length values such as
"<code>4,2,8,2</code>".
</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong><code>icmdN = <cmds></code> <em>(<a href="http://andromeda.star.bris.ac.uk/starjavadocs/uk/ac/starlink/ttools/filter/ProcessingStep.html">ProcessingStep[]</a>)</em></strong></dt>
<dd>Specifies processing to be performed on
the layer N input table as specified by parameter <code>inN</code>.
The value of this parameter is one or more of the filter
commands described in <a href="filterSteps.html">Section 6.1</a>.
If more than one is given, they must be separated by
semicolon characters (";").
This parameter can be repeated multiple times on the same
command line to build up a list of processing steps.
The sequence of commands given in this way
defines the processing pipeline which is performed on the table.
<p>Commands may alteratively be supplied in an external file,
by using the indirection character '@'.
Thus a value of "<code>@filename</code>"
causes the file <code>filename</code> to be read for a list
of filter commands to execute. The commands in the file
may be separated by newline characters and/or semicolons.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong><code>ifmtN = <in-format></code> <em>(String)</em></strong></dt>
<dd>Specifies the format of the input table as specified by parameter <code>inN</code>.
The known formats are listed in <a href="inFormats.html">Section 5.2.1</a>.
This flag can be used if you know what format your
table is in.
If it has the special value
<code>(auto)</code> (the default),
then an attempt will be
made to detect the format of the table automatically.
This cannot always be done correctly however, in which case
the program will exit with an error explaining which
formats were attempted.
<p>[Default: <code>(auto)</code>]
</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong><code>inN = <table></code> <em>(<a href="http://www.starlink.ac.uk/stil/javadocs/uk/ac/starlink/table/StarTable.html">StarTable</a>)</em></strong></dt>
<dd>The location of the input table.
This may take one of the following forms:
<ul>
<li>A filename.</li>
<li>A URL.</li>
<li>The special value "<code>-</code>",
meaning standard input.
In this case the input format must be given explicitly
using the <code>ifmtN</code>
parameter.
Note that not all formats can be streamed in this way.
</li>
<li>A system command line with
either a "<code><</code>" character at the start,
or a "<code>|</code>" character at the end
("<code><syscmd</code>" or
"<code>syscmd|</code>").
This executes the given pipeline and reads from its
standard output.
This will probably only work on unix-like systems.
</li>
</ul>
In any case, compressed data in one of the supported compression
formats (gzip, Unix compress or bzip2) will be decompressed
transparently.
</dd>
<dt><strong><code>istreamN = true|false</code> <em>(Boolean)</em></strong></dt>
<dd>If set true, the input table
specified by the <code>inN</code> parameter
will be read as a stream.
It is necessary to give the
<code>ifmtN</code> parameter
in this case.
Depending on the required operations and processing mode,
this may cause the read to fail (sometimes it is necessary
to read the table more than once).
It is not normally necessary to set this flag;
in most cases the data will be streamed automatically
if that is the best thing to do.
However it can sometimes result in less resource usage when
processing large files in certain formats (such as VOTable).
<p>[Default: <code>false</code>]
</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong><code>normaliseN = none|area|unit|maximum|height</code> <em>(<a href="http://andromeda.star.bris.ac.uk/starjavadocs/uk/ac/starlink/ttools/plot2/layer/Normalisation.html">Normalisation</a>)</em></strong></dt>
<dd>Defines how, if at all, the bars of histogram-like plots
are normalised or otherwise scaled vertically.
<p>When used in the time plot only, time-specific options
like <code>per_second</code>
and <code>per_day</code>
are available.
</p>
<p>The available options are:
<ul>
<li><code>none</code>: No normalisation is performed.
</li>
<li><code>area</code>: The total area of histogram bars is normalised to unity. For cumulative plots, this
behaves like <code>height</code>.
</li>
<li><code>unit</code>: Histogram bars are scaled by the inverse of the bin width in data units. For cumulative
plots, this behaves like <code>none</code>.
</li>
<li><code>maximum</code>: The height of the tallest histogram bar is normalised to unity. For cumulative plots,
this behaves like <code>height</code>.
</li>
<li><code>height</code>: The total height of histogram bars is normalised to unity.
</li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>[Default: <code>none</code>]
</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong><code>showmeanN = true|false</code> <em>(Boolean)</em></strong></dt>
<dd>If true, a line is drawn at the position of
the calculated mean.
<p>[Default: <code>true</code>]
</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong><code>thickN = <pixels></code> <em>(Integer)</em></strong></dt>
<dd>Thickness of plotted line in pixels.
<p>[Default: <code>1</code>]
</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong><code>weightN = <num-expr></code> <em>(String)</em></strong></dt>
<dd>Weighting of data points.
If supplied, each point contributes a value
to the histogram equal to the data value
multiplied by this coordinate.
If not supplied, the effect is the same as
supplying a fixed value of one.
<p>The value is a numeric algebraic expression based on column names
as described in <a href="jel.html">Section 10</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong><code>xN = <num-expr></code> <em>(String)</em></strong></dt>
<dd>Horizontal coordinate.
<p>The value is a numeric algebraic expression based on column names
as described in <a href="jel.html">Section 10</a>.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</p>
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