Re: [Gnuplot-info] using strings as ticks

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Hi!

On 5/29/07, pol <lin...@ya...> wrote:
> <posted & mailed>
>
> How to use the first column of a data file as labels on the x axis?
>
> I mean, rather than adding a sequence of integers on the first column of =
my
> data file to generate the X axis, i would like to add a column of short
> character strings.

Suppose the format of your file is:

x y string

in that case you could plot the string as a label using this command:

plot 'myfile.dat' using 1:2:3 with labels

See for additional information:
help labels

(note: This is valid for versions higher than 4.0).
Bye!




> thank you
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> Pol
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