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1 <tool id="scatterplot_rpy" name="Scatterplot">
2 <description>of two numeric columns</description>
3 <command interpreter="python">scatterplot.py $input $out_file1 $col1 $col2 "$title" "$xlab" "$ylab"</command>
4 <inputs>
5 <param name="input" type="data" format="tabular" label="Dataset" help="Dataset missing? See TIP below"/>
6 <param name="col1" type="data_column" data_ref="input" numerical="True" label="Numerical column for x axis" />
7 <param name="col2" type="data_column" data_ref="input" numerical="True" label="Numerical column for y axis" />
8 <param name="title" size="30" type="text" value="Scatterplot" label="Plot title"/>
9 <param name="xlab" size="30" type="text" value="V1" label="Label for x axis"/>
10 <param name="ylab" size="30" type="text" value="V2" label="Label for y axis"/>
11 </inputs>
12 <outputs>
13 <data format="pdf" name="out_file1" />
14 </outputs>
15 <requirements>
16 <requirement type="python-module">rpy</requirement>
17 </requirements>
18 <!-- TODO: uncomment the following test when we have tools.update_state() working for
19 multiple dependents with the same dependency.
20 <tests>
21 <test>
22 <param name="input" value="scatterplot_in1.tabular" ftype="tabular"/>
23 <param name="col1" value="2"/>
24 <param name="col2" value="3"/>
25 <param name="title" value="Scatterplot"/>
26 <param name="xlab" value="V1"/>
27 <param name="ylab" value="V2"/>
28 <output name="out_file1" file="scatterplot_out1.pdf" />
29 </test>
30 </tests>
31 -->
32 <help>
33
34 .. class:: infomark
35
36 **TIP:** If your data is not TAB delimited, use *Text Manipulation-&gt;Convert*
37
38 -----
39
40 **Syntax**
41
42 This tool creates a simple scatter plot between two variables containing numeric values of a selected dataset.
43
44 - All invalid, blank and comment lines in the dataset are skipped. The number of skipped lines is displayed in the resulting history item.
45
46 - **Plot title** The scatterplot title
47 - **Label for x axis** and **Label for y axis** The labels for x and y axis of the scatterplot.
48
49 -----
50
51 **Example**
52
53 - Input file::
54
55 1 68 4.1
56 2 71 4.6
57 3 62 3.8
58 4 75 4.4
59 5 58 3.2
60 6 60 3.1
61 7 67 3.8
62 8 68 4.1
63 9 71 4.3
64 10 69 3.7
65
66 - Create a simple scatterplot between the variables in column 2 and column 3 of the above dataset.
67
68 .. image:: ./static/images/scatterplot.png
69
70 </help>
71 </tool>