# # Show use of pseudodata mechanism '+' to use plot styles with more than # one relevant value per x coordinate. In this example we use the style # "filledcurves" to show the difference between two analytic functions. # This corresponds to the specification of multiple columns in the # 'using' option for input from data files. # # approx_1(x) = x - x**3/6 approx_2(x) = x - x**3/6 + x**5/120 approx_3(x) = x - x**3/6 + x**5/120 - x**7/5040 label1 = "x - {x^3}/3!" label2 = "x - {x^3}/3! + {x^5}/5!" label3 = "x - {x^3}/3! + {x^5}/5! - {x^7}/7!" # set termoption enhanced save_encoding = GPVAL_ENCODING set encoding utf8 # set title "Polynomial approximation of sin(x)" set key Left center top reverse set xrange [ -3.2 : 3.2 ] set xtics ("-π" -pi, "-π/2" -pi/2, 0, "π/2" pi/2, "π" pi) set format y "%.1f" set samples 500 set style fill solid 0.4 noborder plot '+' using 1:(sin($1)):(approx_1($1)) with filledcurve title label1 lt 3, \ '+' using 1:(sin($1)):(approx_2($1)) with filledcurve title label2 lt 2, \ '+' using 1:(sin($1)):(approx_3($1)) with filledcurve title label3 lt 1, \ sin(x) with lines lw 1 lc rgb "black" pause -1 "Hit return to continue" set encoding save_encoding reset