Re: [Gnuplot-info] Histogram plot with special xtics placement

[Lars K. <lar...@go...>]

Hi,

sorry, the ASCII art does not depict what I'm trying to achieve, here's an
imageshack link:

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4803/desiredplot.jpg
 Thanks
Lars

2009/9/20 Lars Kerianos <lar...@go...>

> Hi all,
>
> currently, I'm trying to plot some simple data using a histogram plot.
> The data file is very simple, too:
>
> #  value |  occurences1  | occurences2
> 1   5709    165
> 2   11663  1688
> 3   0    7563
> # ...
>
> I managed to get a basic plot by using:
>
> set style data histogram
> plot  'Data.dat' using 2:xticlabels(1), "" using 3
>
> This is a frequency distribution plot, showing how often a value was
> measured.
> What I don't like are the xtics placed centered below the data rows:
>
> It is possible to set the labels (first column) centered *between* two
> xtics and also plot the data row centered?
>
> I'll try it in ASCII art:
>
>    |
>    ||    ||
> |-----|-----|-----|
>    1   2    3
>
> I'm afraid for this special plot, the xtic placement done by Excel in a bar
> chart is much more pleasing. Nevertheless I don't want to enter Excel's
> "export-diagramm-hell".
>
> Thanks
> Lars
>