Re: [Gnuplot-info] Rotating X-Axis Labels

[BBands <bb...@gm...>]

First you probably want
    set format x "%d-%m-%Y"
instead of
    set format x "%d-%m-$Y"
and for rotation try
    set xtics rotate

>From 'help set xtics': "rotate asks gnuplot to rotate the text through
90 degrees, which will be done if the terminal driver in use supports
text rotation.  norotate cancels this. rotate by <ang> asks for
rotation by <ang> degrees, supported by some terminal types."

Best,

jab

On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Rich Shepard <rsh...@ap...> wrote:
>   I'm essentially new to gnuplot although I used it lightly a dozen or so years
> ago. I think it's the only tool that will allow me to plot a time series
> with dates as the labels on the x-axis tics.
>
>   While my script will be tuned to make it more presentable, the immediate
> need is to learn how to turn a date (such as 2009-05-13) 90 degrees
> counterclockwise and limit the number of labels on the x-axis range.
>
>   The plot is daily precipitation at a monitoring station over three years.
> The code is:
>
> set datafile missing "NA"
> set xdata time
> set timefmt "%Y-%m-%d"
> set format x "%d-%m-$Y"
> set nokey
> set xlabel "Date" rotate by 270
> set ylabel "Precipitation (in)"
> set title "Daily Precipitation 2008-2010: CC-OR-8"
> set size ratio -2
>
> plot "cocorahs.dat" u 1:($2) w boxes
>
>   The first few lines of the data file are:
>
> 2008-01-01 NA
> 2008-01-02 0.06
> 2008-01-03 0.60
> 2008-01-04 0.27
> 2008-01-05 0.56
> 2008-01-06 0.20
> 2008-01-07 0.44
>
>   I can provide the entire data file (all 920 lines, 15K) if desired. Please
> point me in the right direction for adjusting the x-axis labels so they are
> both readable and complete (rather than the current "05-13-%Y".
>
> Rich
>
>
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