Re: plotting two sets of random points

[Daniel J S. <dan...@ie...>]

On 08/30/2011 10:58 AM, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to fill one square area of the plot with 100 random
> points and another one with n random points (n is a parameter).
>
> If I use
>     set samples 100
>     set parametric
>     plot rand(0),rand(0) w lines, rand(0)+3,rand(0)+3
> then I cannot vary number of points - I need an equal number of each points.
>
> Is there a quick remedy for that (apart from writing a C program to
> create a list of points for me)?

Mojca, I think it should be straightforward to generate the random data 
in a couple files using the "table" feature, then pull that data into 
gnuplot.  As examples, look at the "random.dem" demo where the number of 
samples is set quite often.  Just do a couple quick so-called plots to 
create the data files changing the number of samples in between.

Dan