Re: [Gnuplot-info] splot problem with lines

[<mc...@gm...>]

Dear Hans-Bernhard,

thank you very much for your quick reply!

On Dec 23, 2010, at 12:42 AM, Hans-Bernhard Bröker wrote:

> On 22.12.2010 17:58, mc...@gm... wrote:
>> I am using a data file with three columns:
>> 
>> x y z
>> 
>> They are however not at all ordered in size.
> 
> Of course they aren't --- there's no such thing as "ordering" a multi-dimensional data set.
> 

Well, I thought I could list the x variables in increasing order and for each fixed value of x all the y values in increasing order.

>> As one can easily see,
> 
> Actually one can't, because one doesn't get to look at your screen, and you didn't show actual data to let anyone else make the same plat as you got.
> 

Good point. I tried at first to attach a screenshot, but that is apparently not possible in the mailing list. However I will send you one via seperate personal email if you don't mind. The data file is quite large, so I couldn't post it.


>> too many points are connected with each other.
> 
> Who gets to decide how many are too many?  On what basis?

I'd say that's exactly the point. I don't know whether it's possible to tell gnuplot to only link gridpoints that are not further apart than a certain distance. But actually it happens that gridpoints from opposite edges of the domain are connected. Sadly, also pm3d is not working.
I'd be very glad about any advice.

Thank you very much!