Re: gnuplot reports addition in a fn as an error

[<pl...@pi...>]

On 12/01/12 12:56, pl...@pi... wrote:
> Hi,
>
> yet more is in the silly errors file.  Gnuplot is will to multiply be
> 1.4 but not add it !
>
> gnuplot>  f1(x)=1.4*cos(x/15.0)
> gnuplot>  f1(x)=1.4+cos(x/15.0)
>                     ^
>            ';' expected
>
>
> In the terminal, the caret is aligned under the digit "4"
>
>
> gnuplot> show version
>
>           G N U P L O T
>           Version 4.7 patchlevel 0    last modified 2012-10-16
>           Build System: Linux i686
>
>
>
>
> Beats me .
>
> Peter.
>
>

quitting then restarting gnuplot and doing the same commands fixed this.

Does that mean some cut and paste typo could redefine the + operator ??

Peter.