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  syntax error with histogram script hschaefer1027@gmail.com - 2014-01-27 13:54 -0800
    Re: syntax error with histogram script hschaefer1027@gmail.com - 2014-01-27 14:47 -0800

#2270 — syntax error with histogram script

I started using gnuplot today and I got several of the histogram samples on the 

http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/demo_4.6/histograms.html 

website to work, until I got to this one:

http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/demo_4.6/histograms.4.gnu

When I try to run it, I get this error:

./test.gnu: line 19: syntax error near unexpected token `('
./test.gnu: line 19: `plot 'immigration.dat' using 2:xtic(1), for [i=3:22] '' using i'

I copied it word for word, and I know the immigration.dat file is good because I used for some other samples.

Any ideas? I'm wondering if either the sample script has a typo or maybe I'm using the wrong shell. I'm using bash.

Thanks!,
Harry

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#2271

Nevermind - I was running a default centos version which is way old, so I downloaded & compiled 4.6 p4 and it works fine now!




On Monday, January 27, 2014 4:54:08 PM UTC-5, hschae...@gmail.com wrote:
> I started using gnuplot today and I got several of the histogram samples on the 
> 
> 
> 
> http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/demo_4.6/histograms.html 
> 
> 
> 
> website to work, until I got to this one:
> 
> 
> 
> http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/demo_4.6/histograms.4.gnu
> 
> 
> 
> When I try to run it, I get this error:
> 
> 
> 
> ./test.gnu: line 19: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> 
> ./test.gnu: line 19: `plot 'immigration.dat' using 2:xtic(1), for [i=3:22] '' using i'
> 
> 
> 
> I copied it word for word, and I know the immigration.dat file is good because I used for some other samples.
> 
> 
> 
> Any ideas? I'm wondering if either the sample script has a typo or maybe I'm using the wrong shell. I'm using bash.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks!,
> 
> Harry

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