get_region

Context: regions

Synopsis

Retrieves the attribute value(s) of the region.

Syntax

get_region()
get_region(id)
get_region(id, attribute)

Description

The function arguments.

Argument	Description
id	A ChipsId structure identifying the item, or a string containing the name of the object.
attribute	The name of the attribute to retrieve, such as 'fill.style' or 'edge.color'.

The get_region command returns a structure containing all the attribute values of the region. To retrieve the value of a specific attribute, provide the attribute name and the id or ChipsId of the object.

Some values are set to "None" in the returned structure. These entries generally correspond to attributes which may only be modified at creation time, such as the object id.

Please see the section "Region Preferences and Attributes" below the examples for a list of the region attributes.

To see if a region is hidden or visible, use the get_region_visible command.

Advanced Functions

The module of advanced ChIPS functions contains other commands for retrieving attribute values (refer to "ahelp chips" for information on loading the module):

get_region_angle
get_region_depth
get_region_edgecolor
get_region_edgestyle
get_region_edgethickness
get_region_fillstyle
get_region_fillcolor
get_region_opacity

Examples

Example 1

chips> add_region([.1,.1,.7,.9,.7], [.07,.95,.95,.65,.07],
"fill.style=1 fill.color=salmon")
chips> print(get_region())
chips> print(get_region("reg1", "fill.color"))

A region is created and becomes current. Calling get_region with no argument returns all the attributes of the object. get_region is called a second time to return just the "fill.color" attribute.

Example 2

chips> add_region([.1,.1,.7,.9,.7], [.07,.95,.95,.65,.07],
"fill.style=1 fill.color=salmon")
chips> add_region(3,.3,.3,.3, "fill.style=1 fill.color=plum")
chips> print(get_region("reg1"))

Two regions are created. get_region is called with the id of the first region, returning all attributes.

Example 3

chips> id = ChipsId()
chips> id.region = "reg1"
chips> print(get_region(id))

A ChipsId structure is created and the id.region field is set to "reg1". get_region is called with the ChipsId.

Example 4

chips> ri = get_region()
chips> print(ri)

Retrieve a structure containing the attribute values of the current region and store the results in "ri". Print the contents of "ri".

Region Preferences and Attributes

The attributes associated with regions are given in the following table, where the "Set?" column refers to whether the attribute can be changed using the set_region() command. To change the region preference settings prepend "region." to the attribute name.

Attribute	Description	Options	Default	Set?
angle	Angle, in degrees, at which the region is drawn	-360.0 to 360.0	0.0	Yes
coordsys	coordinate system for the region	PIXEL, WINDOW_NORM, FRAME_NORM, PLOT_NORM, DATA	see "ahelp coordsys"	No
depth	Integer value indicating region depth	see the Depth section of "ahelp chipsopt"	default	Yes
edge.color	region edge color	name or hex; see the Color section of "ahelp chipsopt"	green	Yes
edge.style	stipple pattern used to draw the region edges	see the Line Style section of "ahelp chipsopt"	chips_solid	Yes
edge.thickness	Thickness of the region edge	0.5 to 10.0; see the Thickness section of "ahelp chipsopt"	1	Yes
fill.color	region fill color	name or hex; see the Color section of "ahelp chipsopt"	green	Yes
fill.style	Fill style for the region	see the Fill Pattern section of "ahelp chipsopt"	0 (no fill)	Yes
opacity	Opacity of the region fill	0.0 to 1.0, inclusive, where 0 is fully transparent and 1 is fully opaque	0.5	Yes
stem	stem used for region id	An alpha-numeric character sequence that does not contain a space	reg	No

Bugs

See the bugs pages on the ChIPS website for an up-to-date listing of known bugs.