Re: datafile misparsing if non-numeric y

[Jonathan T. <jt...@as...>]

In a recent E-mail, I wrote
> Consider the following datafile:
> 
> 1.5     0.3
> 2.5     undef
> 3.5     0.6
> 
> With gnuplot 4.6.3 (full "show version long" output below) I get the
> following results:
> 
> gnuplot> plot '/tmp/try-alpha.dat'
> 
> This plots three points: (1.5,0.3), (1.0,2.5), and (3.5,0.6).
> It seems to me that the second of these is wrong: [[...]]

Oops.  My brain finally unwedged enough to find 'set datafile missing'
in the documentation... which fully explains the behavior I see.  In
other words, this is a (mis)feature, not a bug.  I'm sorry for the false
alarm.

ciao,

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