Re: [Gnuplot-bugs] splot with trig functions

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> I am pretty (3 sigma) sure i found a bug w/ both the 4.2RC1 and 4.0 gnupl=
ot.

It's not a bug, it's a feature: =20
Gnuplot interprets (1/2) as an integer expression. Therefore (1/2) equals 0=
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See ` help expressions`  for further information.=20

Bastian

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> It seems to ignore the variation in y when i do this plot (sin too).=20
> However, if i just plot cos(x/2) it works right. Is there something that=
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> i am doing wrong here(is gnuplot making an assumption of something not=20
> obvious)??  This should look like a surface of the 1D plot.
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> gnuplot> set yran [-pi:pi]
> gnuplot> set xran [0:1]
> gnuplot> spl cos(y*(1/2))
> Warning: empty z range [1:1], adjusting to [0.99:1.01]
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> Thanks
> matt

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Bastian M=E4rkisch
Physikalisches Institut, Universit=E4t Heidelberg