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Re: Many digits

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On Thu, 2 Jan 2025 17:07:05 +0100, Olaf Schultz wrote:

> Am 02.01.25 um 16:21 schrieb db:
>> I am using this gnuplot script:
>> 
>> gnuplot << eoi set term postscript enh eps 24 set output 'concs.eps'
>> set nokey set xlabel 'X'
>> set ylabel 'C'
>> set ytics 0, 0.5, 1 set xtics 0, 1, 6 plot 'concs.dat' w l lt 1 quit
>> eoi
>> 
>> If I don't specify tic marks, I get, e.g, for Y, 0.0, 0.1, .2, ... 1.0
>> and for X 0, 1, 2, ...6. I don't want so many, so I put in the tic mark
>> specs, and now I get for Y, 0.000000, 0.500000 and 1.000000, and for X
>> 0.00000, 1.00000 etc.
>> I know I can specify the number format but I never got this before.
>> I have G N U P L O T
>>          Version 5.4 patchlevel 2    last modified 2021-06-01
>> 
>> so it is not an update. I must be causing this - but how?
>> 
>> 
> hm, have you tried sommething like:
> set format x ".1f"
> 
> 
> What I also like:
> set format x "%d.%m.\n%Y"
> ;-)
> 
> Healthy new year,
> 
> Olaf

Yes, "%1.f" fixed it. But I am wondering why I needed
to use it, which I have not, before. I don't see
anything in my script that would cause the many digits.
Ah well, academic.

-- 
db

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Many digits db <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> - 2025-01-02 15:21 +0000
  Re: Many digits Olaf Schultz <o.schultz@enhydralutris.de> - 2025-01-02 17:07 +0100
    Re: Many digits db <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> - 2025-01-05 13:22 +0000

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