Re: [Gnuplot-info] sprintf

[Patrick D. <pd...@gm...>]

>
> On Sunday, 14 October 2018 03:39:38 Patrick Dupre wrote:
> > y_lin(x,a) = a * x
> > set table "tmp.asc" ; plot [-10:10] '+' u 1:(y_lin (x,2)) with table ; unset table
> > set table "tmp.asc" ; plot [-10:10] '+' u (sprintf("%g",$1)):(y_lin (x,2)) with table ; unset table
> 
> Those both produce the same output for me when tested with
> versions 5.2.0  5.2.5 (current) and development version 5.3
> 
> I do see NaN output fields when testing with version 5.0.7
> 
> So if you are running 5.0 I think the answer is that "with table" didn't
> gain the ability to handle string data columns until version 5.2
> If you are running 5.2 please tell us the precise gnuplot version
> and operating system environment you are running.
> 
> 	Ethan
> 
I am running 5.0.6 from the fedora 28 distribution
It looks like than even fedora 29 comes with the version 5.0.6