I'm trying to create a two-dimensional display of some mass-spectrometry
results (observed and theoretical). For my particular work right now, that
means I'd like to create the following for each data point (x,y):
1. a vertical line that runs from (x,0) up to (x,y)
2. a point somewhere along that vertical line (probably at the
top), indicating the mean value of the signal y for that x-value.
3. two (or more) horizontal bars, one above the mean point, one
below, to indicate some kind of statistics (standard deviation, percentile
score, ... - basically some kind of error bar)
From Ugo's excellent tutorial, I can see how to put in the point (in 2.
above) along with the lines. However, it's not clear how I can put in the
vertical lines. I guess I can fulfill 1. and 3. by using subs.drawLine()
function to draw the lines item by item. I'm just wondering if there isn't
a more "built-in" way of doing this for the set as a whole.
Also, if I wanted to use a symbol for the point-markers in 2., is there any
way for me to do that? Instead of just a dot, could I put in a 'star' (*),
a cross (+) or some other textual symbol easily?
Thanks, as always,
-Frank
PhD, Computational Biologist,
Harvard Medical School BCMP/SGM-322, 250 Longwood Ave, Boston MA 02115, USA.
Tel: 617-432-3555 Fax:
617-432-3557 http://llama.med.harvard.edu/~fgibbons
