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gnuplot demo script: watchpoints.dem

autogenerated by webify.pl on Sun Sep 17 20:24:07 2023
gnuplot version gnuplot 6.0 patchlevel rc2
#
# Illustrate uses of plotting with a watchpoint set
#
#
if (!strstrt(GPVAL_COMPILE_OPTIONS, "+WATCHPOINTS")) {
    print "This copy of gnuplot does not support watchpoints"
    exit  # return to caller
}

# watchpoints are only active on plots "with lines" or "with linespoints"
#
set style data lines

set key left Left reverse title "   "
set border lw 1.2
set tics nomirror
set y2tics 0.25
set link y2

set title "Find threshold values on a derived curve"
plot 'moli3.dat' using 0:(abs($2)*sin($0/6.)**2) smooth cnormal lt -1 lw 2 \
     watch y=.25 watch y=.50 watch y=.75 \
     title "plot FOO smooth cnormal\n watch y=.25 watch y=.50 watch y=.75"
set obj 1 rect from real(WATCH_1[1]), imag(WATCH_1[1]) to graph 2, graph -2
set obj 1 fs empty bo lc "red"
set obj 2 rect from real(WATCH_2[1]), imag(WATCH_2[1]) to graph 2, graph -2
set obj 2 fs empty bo lc "blue"
set obj 3 rect from real(WATCH_3[1]), imag(WATCH_3[1]) to graph 2, graph -2
set obj 3 fs empty bo lc "forest-green"


replot

show watchpoints


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set title "Same plot with auto-generated watchpoint hit labels"
set style watchpoint label boxed
set style textbox opaque margin 0,0 lw 0.5
replot


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set title "Find and mark intersection of two curves"
set key right reverse Left
unset link y2
set style watchpoint nolabel
set grid
set xrange [50:500]

plot 'silver.dat' using 1:($2 - ($0+$3)) watch y=0.0 lt nodraw
INTERSECT_X = WATCH_1[1]
plot 'silver.dat' using 1:2, '' using 1:($0+$3) watch x=INTERSECT_X
INTERSECT_Y = imag(WATCH_1[1])
show var INTERSECT


set label 1 at INTERSECT_X, INTERSECT_Y point pt 6 ps 3
set arrow 1 from INTERSECT_X, 0.1*INTERSECT_Y to INTERSECT_X, 0.8*INTERSECT_Y noborder
plot 'silver.dat' using 1:2 lw 2, '' using 1:($0+$3) lw 2, \
     keyentry with point pt 6 lc "black" \
     title sprintf("Intersection at  [%.1f, %.1f]", INTERSECT_X, INTERSECT_Y)


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reset
unset key
set title "Find y intercepts of a parametric function" offset 0,-1
set xrange [-0.1 : 0.9]
set yrange [ 0.0 : 0.85]
set border 0
set xzeroaxis
set yzeroaxis
set xtics axis
set ytics axis
set sample 250

plot sample [t=-1:3.95] '+' using (FresnelC(t)) : (FresnelS(t)) with lines watch x=0.5 lt 3

show watchpoints


set title "Intercept labels constructed from WATCH_1 array values" noenhanced
set for [i=1:|WATCH_1|] label i at real(WATCH_1[i]), imag(WATCH_1[i])
set for [i=1:|WATCH_1|] label i point pt 7 ps 0.5
set for [i=1:|WATCH_1|] label i sprintf("Hit %d at y = %.4f",i,imag(WATCH_1[i]))
replot



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reset