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Subject: Re: Filledcurves with functions?
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Ingo Thies wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> is there a way to use the filledcurves style with two functions (between
> them the curve is to be filled) instead of data files? gnuplot.pdf
> suggests that fill between two curves is only possible for two data
> sets, but this would be a quite strong restriction, since single-curve
> fill (i.e. between curve and axis) is possible even with functions.

set xrange [0:10]
plot '+' using 1:(sin($1)):(cos($1)) with filledcurves

See 'help special-filenames'



> 
> Another possibility would be the use of "set table", but this would
> require to write more than two data columns, and I cannot see how to do
> this. Plotting multiple datasets results in multiple data blocks rather
> than multiple y columns.
> 
> Therefore, the only way I can see now is to invoke an external program
> or to manually edit the written table.
> 
> Any hints?
> 
> Ingo