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Usage: pl -gif bars1.htm
// set up a plotting area using proc areadef #proc areadef rectangle: 1 1 5 2 xrange: 0 9 yrange: 0 100 // do X axis using proc xaxis #proc xaxis stubs: text John Jane Jan Jean Juan Jen Joan June // do Y axis using proc yaxis #proc yaxis stubs: inc 20 grid: yes // specify the data to be plotted using proc getdata // rotate is used so that data may all be on one line, // even though proc bars expects one value per line #proc getdata data: 65 76 98 87 61 72 78 84 #proc processdata action: rotate // render the bars using proc bars #proc bars lenfield: 1 color: orange showvalues: yes