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From: db <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Passimg value to gnuplot
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 13:28:37 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 10 Aug 2024 17:50:59 +0100, Chris Elvidge wrote:

> On 10/08/2024 at 15:56, db wrote:
>> I am writing a Fortran program that computes a number, which I want to
>> appear in a label in a subsequent gnuplot. What is the best way to pass
>> it and pick it up as label?
>> 
> Look here:
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12328603/how-to-pass-command-line-
argument-to-gnuplot
> http://www.bersch.net/gnuplot-doc/batch-interactive-operation.html

These don't help.
OK, maybe this is easier: My Fortran program writes out s single
text line into a data file. It contains some text and a number.
Now I start gnuplot. How do I get gnuplot to pick up that text
and use it in a label or in a title?

-- 
db