【ModifyGragh】 does not work on my box plot

DisplayHelpTopic "Programming With Trace Names"

hrodstein wrote: You need to use <igor> and </igor> tags so that your Igor code is readable in this forum. See http://www.igorexchange.com/node/3221 for details.

The reason for the error is that you are confusing wave references (e.g., w_p1) with trace names. Execute this for an explanation:

DisplayHelpTopic "Programming With Trace Names"

Function Diurnal_distrib(timeline,data,p1,p2,p3,p4,p5,wName)
	wave timeline, data
	variable p1,p2,p3,p4,p5
 
	string wName
	string ListOfPercentiles =num2str(p1)+";"+num2str(p2)+";"+num2str(p3)+";"+num2str(p4)+";"+num2str(p5)
 
	Make/O/N=24 $("W_p1"+wName),$("W_p2"+wName),$("W_p3"+wName),$("W_p4"+wName),$("W_p5"+wName),$("avera"+wName)
	Wave W_p1=$("W_p1"+wName),W_p2=$("W_p2"+wName),W_p3=$("W_p3"+wName),W_p4=$("W_p4"+wName),W_p5=$("W_p5"+wName),avera=$("avera"+wName)
	//Make/O/N=24 W_p1,W_p2,W_p3,W_p4,W_p5,avera
	Make/O/N=24 temp_hour=p
	Make/O/N=(numpnts(data)) hour_data
//	Make/O/T/N=24 txtWave
//	txtWave=num2str(p)
	Make/O/N=24 txtWave
	txtWave=p

	variable i
	for (i=0;i<numpnts(data);i+=1)
		hour_data[i]=determinehour(timeline[i])
	endfor
 
	string p1_str="temp_p_"+num2str(p1)
	string p2_str="temp_p_"+num2str(p2)
	string p3_str="temp_p_"+num2str(p3)
	string p4_str="temp_p_"+num2str(p4)
	string p5_str="temp_p_"+num2str(p5)
 
	for (i=0;i<24;i+=1)
		Extract/O data,temp,hour_data==i
		WaveTransform zapNaNs, temp
		fWavePercentile("temp", ListOfPercentiles, "temp_p", 0, 0, 0)
		wave temp_p1=$p1_str
		wave temp_p2=$p2_str
		wave temp_p3=$p3_str
		wave temp_p4=$p4_str
		wave temp_p5=$p5_str
		W_p1[i]=temp_p1[0]
		W_p2[i]=temp_p2[0]
		W_p3[i]=temp_p3[0]
		W_p4[i]=temp_p4[0]
		W_p5[i]=temp_p5[0]
		avera[i]=mean(temp)
	endfor
 
	Display W_p5,W_p4,W_p3,W_p2,W_p1,avera vs txtWave
	print "yes no"
    ModifyGraph mode($("avera"+wName))=3,marker($("avera"+wName))=16,hbFill($("avera"+wName))=0,msize($("avera"+wName))=3
    print "yes"
	ModifyGraph tomode($("W_p1"+wName))=1, mode($("W_p1"+wName))=3, marker($("W_p1"+wName))=9,rgb($("W_p1"+wName))=(0,0,0)
	ModifyGraph mode($("W_p2"+wName))=1,toMode($("W_p2"+wName))=1,rgb($("W_p2"+wName))=(0,0,0)
	Modifygraph mode($("W_p3"+wName))=5,toMode($("W_p3"+wName))=1,rgb($("W_p3"+wName))=(65535,65535,65535),useBarStrokeRGB($("W_p3"+wName))=1
    Modifygraph mode($("W_p4"+wName))=5,toMode($("W_p4"+wName))=1,rgb($("W_p4"+wName))=(65535,65535,65535),useBarStrokeRGB($("W_p4"+wName))=1
	ModifyGraph mode($("W_p5"+wName))=8,marker($("W_p5"+wName))=9,rgb($("W_p5"+wName))=(0,0,0),toMode($("W_p5"+wName))=1



// modify the appearance of the graph
	ModifyGraph tick(bottom)=4,mirror=2,font="Arial",catGap(bottom)=0.25
	ModifyGraph barGap(bottom)=0.25
	Label left "Conc(礸 m\\S-3\\M)"
	Label bottom "Hour of Day"
	SetAxis/A/E=1 left    
	ModifyGraph lblLatPos=0
	ModifyGraph lblPosMode(bottom)=2,lblMargin(bottom)=15
	ModifyGraph lblPosMode(left)=1,lblMargin(left)=10
	ModifyGraph margin(left)=57,margin(bottom)=57,margin(top)=28,margin(right)=28;DelayUpdate
	ModifyGraph width=226.772,height=170.079
	TextBox/C/N=text0/F=0/A=LT/E=2 "\\F'Arial'\\Z14NO\\B3"
End Function
 
Function Determinehour(dt)
	Variable dt					// Input date/time value
	Variable time = mod(dt, 24*60*60)	// Get the time component of the date/time
	return trunc(time/(60*60))
End