Re: [Fwd: [ILUG] gnuplot datafile with rows]

[Ethan A M. <merritt@u.washington.edu>]

On Thursday 26 January 2006 09:26 am, Ethan Merritt wrote:
> 
> gnuplot 4.1  (Note version number!)
> 
> # Power along x; Day on y
> # This *almost* works, but I'm having trouble getting it
> # to skip the non-numeric data in the 1st column
> # I think there's a bug in the program :-(

I have fixed this bug and put the fix into cvs.
The corrected version should be user-accessible by the
weekend (SourceForge propagation times are a bit unpredictable).

> #
> set style data lines
> plot 'datafile' matrix using 1:3 every 1:999:1:0, \
>         '' matrix using 1:3 every 1:999:1:1, \
>         '' matrix using 1:3 every 1:999:1:2, \
> 
> The "matrix using 1:3"  causes it to plot rows
> The "every 1:999:<start column>:<start row>"
> selects which row and which column to start with.
> Row and column numbering starts at 0, so putting a
> 1 for <start column> should skip the first column of data.

This set of commands should now work on your input file.


-- 
Ethan A Merritt
Biomolecular Structure Center
University of Washington, Seattle 98195-7742