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'''Data blocks:''' some commands, like [[#BarData|BarData]], [[#PlotData|PlotData]], [[#TextData|TextData]], [[#Colors|Colors]] expect a ''data block'' consisting of one or more ''data lines''. Data lines should start with one or more spaces. A data block is considered complete when a line
starting with a non-space is encountered
Thus, since empty lines are ignored, they may be used to group related data lines within a block
Attributes in a data block can conceptually be divided into ''parameters'' and ''data items''. Data blocks can contain parameters and data items intermingled.
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