How to Plot this kind of data in gnuplot?

Question

My data is here --

  0.000              0              0    
  0.001            104             51
  0.002            202            101
  0.003            298            148
  0.0031           290            149
  0.004            289            201
  0.0041           291            209
  0.005            310            250
  0.010            311            260
  0.020            280            240

Now how can I plot this data in Gnuplot? As far as I know, I have to create a dat file. But I am not sure about it.

Answer 1

Well, such basic operation is actually not the idea of StackOverflow. Please consult some tutorial and have a look at the examples on the gnuplot homepage.

Nevertheless, in short: you don't have to create a file you can provide the data in the code as a datablock.

Code:

### very basic plot from datablock
reset session

$Data <<EOD
  0.000              0              0    
  0.001            104             51
  0.002            202            101
  0.003            298            148
  0.0031           290            149
  0.004            289            201
  0.0041           291            209
  0.005            310            250
  0.010            311            260
  0.020            280            240
EOD

plot $Data u 1:2 w lp pt 7, \
       ''  u 1:3 w lp pt 7
### end of code

Result: