Re: iterate evaluate

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

On Tuesday 21 October 2008, Juergen Wieferink wrote:

> I have a set of n contour lines at, say, d0 = 1, d1 = 0.1, d2 =
> 1e-2, ...  and I would like to do something like:
> 
> command = 'set cntrparam levels discrete d0'
> add_var(i) = sprintf('command = command ., d%i', i)
> evaluate for [i=1:3] add_var(i)
> 
> Well, it may not be the best style, but there might be other use
> cases, too.  Additionally, the simple
> 
> set for [i=0:3] cntrparam levels discrete 10**(-i)
> 
> Does not work as the levels are replaced instead of appended.

That seems like a separate issue.
How about a patch to allow
   set cntrparam levels discrete add <foo>
similar to the existing option
   set xtics add ("label" POSITION)




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