Re: Problem and solution: Patch for new "stats" command

[Petr M. <mi...@ph...>]

> If the stats functionality were embedded in the 'plot' command itself,
> then I could intersperse reloading of the stats output values with the
> individual clauses of the plot command:
>    plot \
> 	'datafile' stats ($5), '' using ($5/stats_max), \
>       'datafile' stats ($6), '' using ($6/stats_max), \
> 	...
> 
>    plot for [i=5:20] 'datafile' stats (column(i)), '' using (column(i)/stats_max)

stat 'datafile' using columns {2 | 2:6 | 2:2:6 | all}

(It can provide GPVAL_DATAFILE_COLUMNS=8.)

BTW, the "stats" command could provide "number of points", which can be 
useful.

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