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% Example 166 Scatter Plot with Custom Colours and Styles (Two Databases, Multiple Sets of Data)
% Label: "ex:growthscatter6col2dbstyles"
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% arara: pdfcrop
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\usepackage{scontents}% to write test file with TABs preserved
\begin{scontents}[write-out={growth.tsv},overwrite]
Experiment 1		Experiment 2	
Time	Log Count	Time	Log Count
0	2.9	0	3.31
15	3.14	10	3.45
30	3.26	25	3.61
45	4.01	40	3.76
60	4.2	55	3.89
\end{scontents}

\begin{scontents}[write-out={growth2.tsv},overwrite]
Experiment 1		Experiment 2		Experiment 3	
Time	Log Count	Time	Log Count	Time	Log Count
0	3.21	0	3.39	0	3.28
15	3.43	10	3.51	10	3.45
30	3.68	25	3.65	20	3.57
45	4.4	40	3.84	30	3.64
60	4.8	55	3.92	40	3.95
\end{scontents}

\usepackage{dataplot}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\DTLsetup{store-datum}
\DTLread[
 name=growthdata, format=tsv,csv-skip-lines=1,
 keys={Exp1Time,Exp1Count,Exp2Time,Exp2Count},
 csv-content=no-parse,
 data-types=decimal
]{growth}% growth.tsv

\DTLread[
 name=growthdata2, format=tsv,csv-skip-lines=1,
 keys={Exp1Time,Exp1Count,Exp2Time,Exp2Count,Exp3Time,Exp3Count},
 csv-content=no-parse,
 data-types=decimal
]{growth2}% growth2.tsv
 

\DTLplotlegendsetname{growthdata}{\qty{6}{\degreeCelsius}}
\DTLplotlegendsetname{growthdata2}{\qty{8}{\degreeCelsius}}
\DTLplotlegendsetxlabel{Exp1Time}{$t_1$}
\DTLplotlegendsetxlabel{Exp2Time}{$t_2$}
\DTLplotlegendsetxlabel{Exp3Time}{$t_3$}
\DTLplotlegendsetylabel{Exp1Count}{$N_1$}
\DTLplotlegendsetylabel{Exp2Count}{$N_2$}
\DTLplotlegendsetylabel{Exp3Count}{$N_3$} \RenewDocumentCommand \DTLplotlegendxy { O{0} m O{0} m O{0} m }
{% 
 (\DTLplotlegendx[#1]{#2}[#3]{#4}, 
 \DTLplotlegendy[#1]{#2}[#5]{#6})% 
 } 
\begin{document}
\DTLplot{growthdata,growthdata2}{
 style=both,% lines and markers
 line-colors={brown,blue,lime,black,orange},
 mark-colors={magenta,teal,green,violet,cyan},
 lines={
  \pgfsetdash{}{0pt},% solid line
  \pgfsetdash{{1pt}{3pt}}{0pt},
  \pgfsetdash{{5pt}{5pt}{1pt}{5pt}}{0pt},
  \pgfsetdash{{4pt}{2pt}}{0pt},
  \pgfsetdash{{1pt}{1pt}{2pt}{2pt}{2pt}{1pt}}{0pt}
 },
 marks={
  \pgfuseplotmark{o},
  \pgfuseplotmark{square},
  \pgfuseplotmark{diamond},
  \pgfuseplotmark{asterisk},
  \pgfuseplotmark{star}
 },
 x={Exp1Time,Exp2Time,Exp3Time},
 y={Exp1Count,Exp2Count,Exp3Count},
 x-label={Time ($t$)},y-label={Log Count},
 legend, legend-offset={-10pt,0pt},
 width=2.5in,height=2.5in
} 
\end{document}
