base.coordinate Function (GPL)

Syntax

base.coordinate(dim(<numeric>))

<numeric>. A numeric value indicating the dimension to which the scale applies. See the topic dim Function (GPL) for more information.

Description

Specifies that the percentage is based on the individual values along a specific dimension. Summing the percentages of all of the graphic elements with a particular value on the specified dimension equals 100%. For example, you may do this to specify that the segments in each stacked bar sum to 100%.

Examples

Figure 1. Example: Making each stack equal 100%

ELEMENT: interval.stack(position(summary.percent(summary.count(jobcat*1*gender),
         base.coordinate(dim(1)))), color(gender))

Figure 2. Example: Making each cluster equal 100%

COORD: rect(dim(1,2), cluster(3))
ELEMENT: interval(position(summary.percent(summary.count(gender*1*jobcat),
         base.coordinate(dim(3)))), color(gender))