Re: [Gnuplot-info] Two questions on "here docs"

[Philipp K. J. <ja...@ie...>]

> > Questions:
> > 1) Are there other ways to get data into these
> >   data structures, besides typing it in at the
> >   cmd prompt? For instance, is there a way to 
> >   read the data from a file?
> 
> Normally it is part of a script file.
> Many of the demos have been re-written to use it.
> See for example heatmaps.dem

That's precisely where I am coming from -
I am trying to figure out how it would fit 
into an interactive workflow. (I can of 
course see how it keeps the demo scripts
tidy and self-contained.)

> 
> > 2) Is there a preferred way to save the contents 
> >   of the data structure to file? I can do it using:
> > 	set table "data.txt"; plot $d; unset table
> >   Is this the right way to think about this?
> 
> set print 'foo'
> print $data
> 

Bingo - I had missed that. Thanks!

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