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Chapter 2. Essential gnuplot

Listing 2.1. A typical data file: stock prices over time

Listing 2.2. The complete workflow to generate a PNG file from gnuplot

Listing 2.3. A useful script to export the current plot to file

Chapter 3. Working with data

Listing 3.1. A data file containing several sets

Listing 3.2. A data file containing interleaved data sets

Listing 3.3. An unsorted data file: the years are not in ascending order

Listing 3.4. A messy data file

Listing 3.5. Examples of user-defined variables (constants)

Listing 3.6. Examples of user-defined functions

Chapter 4. Practical matters

Listing 4.1. A data file containing a missing value

Listing 4.2. Strings in data files need only be quoted if they contain whitespace. ...

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