The ELLIPSEPARM
statement plots an ellipse with specified semimajor and semiminor
axis lengths, a specified slope for the major axis, and the ellipse
center. The ellipse center is the point of intersection of the semimajor
and semiminor axes.
An ELLIPSEPARM
plot does not perform computations on input data to derive the location
and shape of the ellipse. See
ELLIPSE Statement for information about computed ellipses.
An ELLIPSEPARM
statement can be used only within a 2-D overlay-type layout (for example,
an OVERLAY, OVERLAYEQUATED, or PROTOTYPE layout). Another plot that
is derived from data values that provide boundaries for the axis area
must be included in the layout. It is typically overlaid with a scatter
plot.
You can
generate a single ellipse by specifying a constant for each required
argument. You can generate multiple ellipses by specifying a numeric
column for any or all required arguments. If any of the
SEMIMAJOR=,
SEMIMINOR=,
XORIGIN= or
YORIGIN= constants or columns contains a missing
value, no ellipse is drawn. To request a vertical major axis, specify
SLOPE=.
( missing value as a constant or column value).
If the
GROUP= option is specified, then the group value
must be a column (character or numeric). For each group value, there
must be a numeric column value that does not contain missing values
for
SEMIMAJOR=,
SEMIMINOR=,
XORIGIN=, and
YORIGIN=. The
SLOPE= column might contain missing values. Under
these circumstances, one or more ellipse might be drawn for each group
value.