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Zero

The zero value is the default threshold for values approaching 0.0.

Syntax:

     set zero <expression>
     show zero

gnuplot will not plot a point if its imaginary part is greater in magnitude than the zero threshold. This threshold is also used in various other parts of gnuplot as a (crude) numerical-error threshold. The default zero value is 1e-8. zero values larger than 1e-3 (the reciprocal of the number of pixels in a typical bitmap display) should probably be avoided, but it is not unreasonable to set zero to 0.0.


Ethan Merritt 2007-03-03