Re: [Gnuplot-info] Plotting 3D data from text file

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

Hi igalis,
please be aware that "," is a bad separator since other countries
use it where the english use a ".", more over it does not improve
readability of the files.

just my two cents, i stumbled over that problem some time ago
re,
 wh


Am 16.12.2011 10:52, schrieb Thomas Sefzick:
> 
> define the data separator if it's not a space.
> enclose the filename in quotes because it's a string.
> use 'splot' for 3d plots.
> 
> set datafile separator ","
> splot "data.csv" with lines
> 
> 
> igalis wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm new to GNUPlot and Linux.
>>
>> I have a text file with three columns of data, as follows. The third
>> column is a function of the variables in the third and second column.
>>
>> -0.2,-1.2,160.182739208
>>
>> I cannot figure out how to create a simple 3d graph of this function using
>> GNUPlot. Typing "gnuplot>plot data.csv with lines" results in an error.
>> How do I make it so that GNUPlot reads and graphs the file correctly?
>>
>> Thank you for your time!
>>
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