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| From | Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot |
| Subject | Re: Histogram sample data on gnuplot.sourceforge.net |
| Date | 2016-01-26 17:35 +0100 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <n8878j$1i2p$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <n87v37$10db$1@gioia.aioe.org> <n87vvm$duf$1@solani.org> <n882lb$18bk$1@gioia.aioe.org> |
On 26.01.2016 16:17, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
> [ http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/demo/histograms.html ]
> Now that I see that specific data let me add a question...
> That file contains comment lines, a data heading line, and the data (numbers).
> Some data positions have no numbers but a dash character ('-') instead; I'd
> assume that it's interpreted as 0 (zero). Will gnuplot only in such numeric
> contexts, or generally interpret that dash as 0 (zero)? In other words; if I
> have data like 5 6 7 - 8 , will that always be interpreted as 5 6 7 0 8 or
> might the '-' be skipped in some cases to become 5 6 7 8 ? (I suppose it's
> not skipped but want to be sure.) I also suppose that a '-' in the header
> line, say "Austria Hungary - Belgium ..." will be taken literally as '-';
> right?
The samples on the web-page haven't shown that piece of code, but the linked
sources did. To answer my question; it's obviously controlled by the command:
set datafile missing '-'
Janis
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Histogram sample data on gnuplot.sourceforge.net Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2016-01-26 15:16 +0100
Re: Histogram sample data on gnuplot.sourceforge.net Karl Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2016-01-26 15:31 +0100
Re: Histogram sample data on gnuplot.sourceforge.net Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2016-01-26 16:17 +0100
Re: Histogram sample data on gnuplot.sourceforge.net Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2016-01-26 17:35 +0100
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