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Hi

I think that there is no need to use %f, and you can put the name of the file and its definition into the loop, and then it works better!


 n=100 
 while (n<=10000) { 
fname =  sprintf('data_%d.dat',n) 
plot fname 
 n=n+100
 } 




On Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 8:09:37 PM UTC+1, Karl Ratzsch wrote:
> Something like this? 
> 
> fname(n) = sprintf('data_%.f.dat',n) 
> 
> n=100 
> while (n<=10000) { 
> plot fname(n) 
> n=n+100
> } 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Am 02.11.2022 um 06:45 schrieb Shahid Maqbool: 
> > Dear all, 
> > 
> > I have data files in the order like: 
> > 
> > data_100.dat 
> > data_200.dat 
> > data_300.dat 
> > ... 
> > data_10000.dat 
> > 
> > here 100, 200, 300, ..., 10000 are the time steps. 
> > 
> > I can successfully plot surface plot for data file e.g., 'data_10.dat' with the command i.e., 
> > 
> > splot 'data_100.dat' matrix with pm3d notitle 
> > 
> > Now, i want to make animation for my data files to see the 
> > continuous evolution of the system. 
> > 
> > I have gone throught the book 'Gnuplot in Action' and section 11.5 shows some animations, but it is not telling about loading different files. Also the online demos like 
> > 
> > https://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/demo/animate2.html 
> > 
> > are not very helpful in this case. 
> > 
> > So my question is, which commands or keywords should i use to load the continuous files and display the animation on the console? 
> > 
> > Thanks a lot. 
> > 
> > Best regards, 
> > Shahid