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On 01. 03. 13 14:51, Karl wrote:
> Am 01.03.2013 11:53, schrieb avd:
>> plot \
>>   "mydata" binary skip=512 format="%lf%*lf%*lf" using
>> genx($0):(inscale($1)) title "x" with lines,\
>
>
>> # Curve title: "x"
>> # x y type
>> "g"  0.0664117  i
>> "g"  0.0633014  i
>> "g"  0.0571437  i
>
>> Why there "g" for my x data :( ?
>
> I cannot try now, not having your data, but this should not print at
> all, since you´ve got the "using" statment wrong.
>
> There have to be parentheses () around everything that is more than just
> a column number.
>
> from "help using":
>
> "Each<entry>  may be a simple column number that selects the value from
> one field of the input file, a string that matches a column label in the
> first line of a data set, an expression enclosed in parentheses, or a
> special function not enclosed in parentheses such as xticlabels(2). "
>
> so
>
> gp>  plot "" using (genx($0)):(inscale($1))
>
> if your plot command indeed produces this output, then this looks like a
> bug in the parser, that you should report.
>
>    Karl
>
>

Thanks Karl, this was my mistake :)

Anthony.