The GSCRIPT subroutine is a graphical call that writes multiple text strings.

The required arguments to the GSCRIPT subroutine are as follows:

x

is a scalar or vector that contains the horizontal coordinates of the lower left starting position of the text string’s first character.

y

is a scalar or vector that contains the vertical coordinates of the lower left starting position of the text string’s first character.

text

is a character vector of text strings.

The optional arguments to the GSCRIPT subroutine are as follows:

angle

is the slant of each text string.

rotate

is the rotation of individual characters.

height

is a real number that specifies the character height.

font

is a character matrix or quoted literal that specifies a valid font name.

color

is a valid SAS color. The color argument can be specified as a quoted text string (such as 'RED'), the name of a character matrix that contains a valid color as an element, or a color number (such as 1) that refers to a color in the color list.

window

is a numeric matrix or literal that specifies a window. This is given in world coordinates and has the form

{minimum-x minimum-y maximum-x maximum-y}

viewport

is a numeric matrix or literal that specifies a viewport. This is given in normalized coordinates and has the same form as the window argument.

The GSCRIPT subroutine writes multiple text strings with special character fonts. The x and y vectors describe the coordinates of the lower left starting position of the text string’s first character. The color argument can have more than one element.

Note: Hardware characters cannot always be obtained if you change the HEIGHT or ASPECT parameters or if you use a viewport.

The coordinates in use for this graphics command are world coordinates. Examples of valid statements follow:

call gscript(7, y, names);
call gscript(50, 50, "plot of height vs weight");
call gscript(10, 90, "yaxis", -90, 90);