[ILUG] gnuplot question

[Lars Hecking]

Paul Jakma writes:
> i have a datafile with multiple values per line, eg:
> 
> 123 4355 6765 656
> 234 445 2224 4545
> 
> how can i tell gnuplot that the format of this is:
> 
> y1 y1 y1 y1
> y2 y2 y2 y2
>  .
> .
> yn yn yn yn
> 
> ??
> 
> per default it seems to treat it as
> x1 y y y
> x2 y y y
> 
> been looking at the help plot datafile suboptions, but the answer isn't
> obvious, (eg index, using..).
 
 "using" may be what you're looking for. What do you want to print?

 It may be necessary to run the data through an external program
 for reformatting.