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Re: Plotting data array as variable (not in files)

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On Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 1:01:17 PM UTC-3, Petr Mikulik wrote:
> > I have hard time to understand how I can do the following.
> > 
> > I'm starting gnuplot with an input command file:
> > 
> > gnuplot -persist < inputFile.gpl
> > 
> > Within the inputFile.gpl I want to have two arrays X and Y as gnuplot
> > variables. For instance:
> > 
> > Y = [0.8117, 0.944, 0.9937, 1.0145, 0.9369, 0.9574, 0.9861, 0.9484,
> > 0.9891, 0.9987, 1.0485, 0.6612, 0.6899, 0.87]
> > X = [817, 818, 819, 822, 823, 824, 825, 826, 829, 830, 831, 901, 902,
> > 906]
> > 
> > I need gnuplot to plot Y(X) but I do not know how to set these arrays
> > as variables within the command file inputFile.gpl
> > 
> > Basically, the two data arrays X, Y are not stored in external files.
> > They are variables within the inputFile.gpl and gnuplot should plot
> > Y(X)
> > 
> > Can someone please give me a hint?
> 
> It's a strange data set-up, but try this:
> 
> X="0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5"
> Y="-1  0   2   4   8"
> 
> set parametric
> set trange [1:words(X)]; set samples words(X)
> plot (0+word(X,int(t))),(0+word(Y,int(t)))
> 
> ---
> PM

3 year has been passed and gnuplot still doesn't have arrays. 

This workaround still works and it is awesome!

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