Re: 'data-file' as a string variable in the "plot" command

[Daniel J S. <dan...@ie...>]

Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Aug 2006, Constantine Nenkov wrote:
> 
> 
>>Latex extensions. Unfortunately the "plot" command doesn't accept the
>>name of the 'data-file' as a string variable. 
> 
> 
> That claim doesn't seem to coincide with my observation in a quick 
> experiment.  Please provide an actual example script that fails to work.
> 
> And, while at it, you should also specify what version of gnuplot you're 
> talking about.  This being the developers' mailing list you're posting to, 
> that had better be the latest CVS version.
> 
> 
>>"plot" command. The other option of the possibility of concatenating
>>various string variables for that purpose, as is done in high level
>>compiled languages like FORTRAN and C/C++, will be also very welcome.
> 
> 
> What on earth are you talking about?  gnuplot has had string manipulation
> quite exactly as long as it has had string variables.

Perhaps he means:

gnuplot> print "string one"\
> " string two"
string one

gnuplot> print "string one"" string two"
                           ^
         ';' expected

I think in C that is a valid concatenation.

Dan