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Re: variable in plot command and key

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Am 09.01.2017 um 17:50 schrieb Jörg Buchholz:
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> 
> Is there a way to use a variable as data file name and have the default
> key entry?
> 

You mean you want to see the actual file name + the actual "using"
specifier"? I think not, at least not directly.

You could write the whole plot command into a string and execute it
with "evaluate"

  fname = "'test_1.dat'"
  eval "plot ".fname." us 1:2"

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variable in plot command and key Jörg Buchholz <bookwood4new@freenet.de> - 2017-01-09 17:50 +0100
  Re: variable in plot command and key Karl Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2017-01-09 23:50 +0100
    Re: variable in plot command and key Ethan A Merritt <EAMerritt@gmail.com> - 2017-01-09 21:59 -0800
      Re: variable in plot command and key Jörg Buchholz <bookwood4new@freenet.de> - 2017-01-10 08:17 +0100
        Re: variable in plot command and key Ethan A Merritt <EAMerritt@gmail.com> - 2017-01-10 08:54 -0800
          Re: variable in plot command and key Jörg Buchholz <bookwood4new@freenet.de> - 2017-01-11 08:22 +0100

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