`plstyl`: Set line style
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#### `plstyl`: Set line style

`plstyl (` | nms ,
| mark ,
| space `)`;

This sets up the line style for all lines subsequently drawn. A line consists of segments in which the pen is alternately down and up. The lengths of these segments are passed in the vectors ``mark`` and ``space`` respectively. The number of mark-space pairs is specified by ``nms``. In order to return the line style to the default continuous line, `plstyl` should be called with ``nms` =0` .(see also `pllsty`)

`nms` (``PLINT``, input)

  The number of ``mark`` and ``space`` elements in a line. Thus a simple broken line can be obtained by setting ``nms`=1` . A continuous line is specified by setting ``nms`=0` .

`mark` (``PLINT_VECTOR``, input)

  A vector containing the lengths of the segments during which the pen is down, measured in micrometers.

`space` (``PLINT_VECTOR``, input)

  A vector containing the lengths of the segments during which the pen is up, measured in micrometers.

Redacted form: `plstyl(mark, space)`

This function is used in examples 1, 9, and 14.

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