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Re: SET FORMAT default

From	Karl Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net>
Newsgroups	comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot
Subject	Re: SET FORMAT default
Date	2019-10-10 22:26 +0200
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Am 10.10.2019 um 21:16 schrieb layzarc@aol.com:
> I saw that but what causes SET TABLE for example to print only 6 significant digits? I'm guessing because its printing a single precision "float".  Is there anyway to get more precision in the TABLE from SPLOT contours?

very simple, e.g.

   set format ".12f"
   set table
   plot <your function>

"% h" has some automagic that switches between fp and exponential
notation, which isnt really meant to be used to print out numerical
data, but for labelling axis tics.

hth, Karl

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SET FORMAT default layzarc@aol.com - 2019-10-10 11:29 -0700
  Re: SET FORMAT default Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2019-10-10 20:56 +0200
    Re: SET FORMAT default layzarc@aol.com - 2019-10-10 12:16 -0700
      Re: SET FORMAT default Karl Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2019-10-10 22:26 +0200
        Re: SET FORMAT default layzarc@aol.com - 2019-10-10 14:19 -0700
          Re: SET FORMAT default Karl Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2019-10-10 23:57 +0200
            Re: SET FORMAT default Ethan Merritt <eamerritt@gmail.com> - 2019-10-12 00:06 +0000

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