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$(document).ready(function () {
  s1 = [[0, 2], [1, 6], [2, 7], [3, 10]];
 
  // Lines can be drawn as solid, dashed or dotted with the "linePattern" option.
  // The default is "solid".  Other basic options are "dashed" and "dotted".
 
  plot1 = $.jqplot("chart1", [s1], {
    seriesDefaults:{
        linePattern: 'dashed',
        showMarker: false,
        shadow: false
    }
  });
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$(document).ready(function () {
 
  s1 = [[0, 2], [1, 6], [2, 7], [3, 10]];
 
  // Size of the dashes is proportional to the width of the line.
 
  plot1b = $.jqplot("chart1b", [s1], {
    seriesDefaults:{
        linePattern: 'dashed',
        lineWidth: 7,
        showMarker: false,
        shadow: false
    }
  });
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$(document).ready(function () {
  s2 = [[0, 6.29], [0.1, 8.21], [0.2, 8.92], [0.3, 7.33], [0.4, 7.91], [0.5, 3.6], [0.6, 6.88],
  [0.7, 1.5], [0.8, 0.08], [0.9, 6.36], [1, 0.5], [1.1, 9.14], [1.2, 6.23], [1.3, 2.66],
  [1.4, 9.9], [1.5, 7.44], [1.6, 7.82], [1.7, 8.57], [1.8, 3.99], [1.9, 3.83], [2, 6.78],
  [2.1, 7.63], [2.2, 6.94], [2.3, 1.24], [2.4, 2.25], [2.5, 0.67], [2.6, 6.73], [2.7, 2.25],
  [2.8, 7.72], [2.9, 9.36], [3, 8.49]];
 
  // Here is the default dotted line.
 
  plot2 = $.jqplot("chart2", [s2], {
    seriesDefaults:{
        linePattern: 'dotted',
        showMarker: false,
        shadow: false
    }
  });
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$(document).ready(function () {
 
  // Dashes and dots work with smoothed lines as well.
 
  plot3 = $.jqplot("chart3", [s2], {
    seriesDefaults:{
        linePattern: 'dashed',
        showMarker: false,
        shadow: false,
        rendererOptions: {
          smooth: true
        }
    }
  });
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$(document).ready(function () {
 
  // A user defined linePattern can be specified as well.  The format
  // of a linePattern definition is an array like [dash length, gap length, ...].
  // The line looks best when the line pattern array has an even number
  // of elements, so it begins with a dash and ends with a gap.
  // The dash and gap lengths are scaled to the line thickness.
 
  plot4 = $.jqplot("chart4", [s2], {
    seriesDefaults:{
        linePattern: [4, 3, 1, 3, 1, 3],
        showMarker: false,
        shadow: false,
        rendererOptions: {
          smooth: true
        }
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  });
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$(document).ready(function () {
 
  // The linePattern option also accepts a shorthand string
  // notation of dash (-) and dot (.) characters to create
  // a customized pattern.
 
  plot4b = $.jqplot("chart4b", [s2], {
    seriesDefaults:{
        linePattern: '-.',
        showMarker: false,
        shadow: false,
        rendererOptions: {
          smooth: true
        }
    }
  });
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$(document).ready(function () {
 
  // The default dash length and gap length can be controlled
  // with the dashLength and gapLength config parameters.
 
  $.jqplot.config.dashLength = 5;
  $.jqplot.config.gapLength = 2;
 
  plot5 = $.jqplot("chart5", [s2], {
    seriesDefaults:{
        linePattern: 'dashed',
        showMarker: false,
        shadow: false,
        rendererOptions: {
          smooth: true
        }
    }
  });
});

The charts on this page depend on the following files:

<script type="text/javascript" src="../jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="../jquery.jqplot.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" hrf="../jquery.jqplot.min.css" />