how to increase distance between symbols using linespoints when plotting data sets

[Sven Zeisberg]

I have some data sets to be plotted and want the resulting curves to be
smooth.
So data sets contain apprx. 100 data pairs. Trying linespoints actually
brings up
the same number of symbols as data pairs. Is there a way to tell gnuplot
only to
display symbols at a certain distance or lets say only every 10th symbol or
so,
while still using all data pairs to get a smooth underlying solid curve?

Thanks for help in advance.

Sven

[Hans-Bernhard Broeker]

Sven Zeisberg <Zeis...@web.de> wrote:

> linespoints actually brings up the same number of symbols as data
> pairs. Is there a way to tell gnuplot only to display symbols at a
> certain distance or lets say only every 10th symbol or so, while
> still using all data pairs to get a smooth underlying solid curve?

Yes. You can plot lines and points separately, and use 'every 10' for
the 'points' one:

plot 'datafile' u 1:2 with lines, '' every 10 u 1:2 with points

You may want to add 'linetype' and 'pointtype' options.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (bro...@physik.rwth-aachen.de)
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[Sven Zeisberg]

Thanks for the hint, it works well.
Sven

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