gnuplot histogram: line 0: Too many columns in using specification
bash, gnuplot, histogram, plot
Solution
try:
plot 'finalsumfile' using 2:xticlabels(1) with histogram
Histograms typically only take 1 column of data, which the "x-value" being implicitly incremented by one each time starting from 0. To set explicit x labels, you need to use `xticlabels` which takes the string in the given column and uses that as the label.
Problem
I want to create a histogram of a file that contains : ``` 1 144 12.54 2 564 02.34 3 231 01.23 4 452 07.12 ``` and what I use for that purpose in my script is : ``` gnuplot << EOF set terminal gif set terminal postscript eps color enhanced set output "diagramma"; set title 'Diagramma' set key off set style data histogram set style histogram cluster gap 1 set style fill solid border -1 set boxwidth 0.9 set autoscale set xlabel "May" plot 'finalsumfile' using 1:2 with histogram, 'finalsumfile' using 1:3 with histogram EOF ``` So I want the first column as x coordinate and the second and third columns as y. BUT when I run my script occurs this error: ``` line 0: Too many columns in using specification ``` What am I doing wrong?