Re: [Gnuplot-info] Create non-bar chart with categories on x-axis

[walter h. <wh...@bf...>]

hi,
Maybe  boxerror is what you are looking for ?
here is a small demo.

re
 wh

set xrange [-1:5]
set yrange [0:10]
set boxwidth 1
plot "-" u 0:1:2  with boxerror
5 0.5
7 0.5
5 0.7
e

Am 04.12.2011 17:27, schrieb canavanin:
> 
> Hi everyone
> 
> I need to create a graph showing pairs of value. One item from each pair is
> a single value, the other one is supposed to show a range of values (my idea
> was to plot the mean value with error bars to indicate the range's max and
> min, but I'm open to better ideas). The x-axis has no purpose other than
> giving the names of the various categories (just like in a histogram) - all
> that matters are the y-values.
> 
> I am pretty sure I could create something like this (value pairs and
> x-categories) using histograms, but boxes just strike me as wrong in this
> case. 
> 
> Is there a way to create such a graph? If so, could you please point me in
> the right direction? 
>