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Re: plot datafile with a blank between +- and some data

From	Karl Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net>
Newsgroups	comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot
Subject	Re: plot datafile with a blank between +- and some data
Date	2019-04-04 23:47 +0200
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Am 04.04.2019 um 10:10 schrieb Jörg Buchholz:
> On 03.04.2019 22:06, Karl Ratzsch wrote:
>> col1(st) = st[1:2] * 1.0
>> col4(st) = (st[28:28] eq "-" ? -1 : 1) * st[29:34]
>> stcol(n) = stringcolumn(n)
>>
>> set table
>> plot $dat us (col1(stcol(1))):(col4(stcol(1))) with table
>> unset table
> 
> 
> Thanks for your solution. There are some more columns. So I think, for
> me, it is easer do handle the datafile with sed.

Me too. If the format is not totally fixed like in your example,
this becomes bedlam with gnuplot string evaluation. Certainly
possible, but it is probably easier to learn regular expressions. :-)

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plot datafile with a blank between +- and some data Jörg Buchholz <bookwood4new@freenet.de> - 2019-04-03 08:38 +0200
  Re: plot datafile with a blank between +- and some data Jörg Buchholz <bookwood4new@freenet.de> - 2019-04-03 20:33 +0200
    Re: plot datafile with a blank between +- and some data Karl Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2019-04-03 22:06 +0200
      Re: plot datafile with a blank between +- and some data Jörg Buchholz <bookwood4new@freenet.de> - 2019-04-04 10:10 +0200
        Re: plot datafile with a blank between +- and some data Karl Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2019-04-04 23:47 +0200

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