From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Thu Jan 22 16:49:28 2004
Subject: Re: Setting plot ranges
From: Joe Koski <jkoski11 at comcast dot net>
To: <geordie dot mcbain at aeromech dot usyd dot edu dot au>,    Octave_post <help-octave@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:45:47 -0700

on 1/22/04 3:25 PM, geordie dot mcbain at aeromech dot usyd dot edu dot au at
geordie dot mcbain at aeromech dot usyd dot edu dot au wrote:

> It's not pretty, but compare:
> 
> -*-
> y = x = (0:100)';
> y(end) *= 100; 
> plot (x,y); 
> -*-
> 
> and
> 
> -*-
> x = (0:100)';
> y(end) *= 100;
> Ymax = 2*mean (y);
> graw (sprintf ("set yrange [0:%g]\n", Ymax));
> plot (x, y);
> -*-
> 
> 
OK, so you need to send the command to gnuplot directly, via the "back
door." 

Thanks for the hint.

Joe Koski



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