#### 3.15.3.2 example datafile

This example plots the data in the file "population.dat" and a theoretical curve:

          pop(x) = 103*exp((1965-x)/10)
          set xrange [1960:1990]
          plot 'population.dat', pop(x)

The file "population.dat" might contain:

          # Gnu population in Antarctica since 1965
             1965   103
             1970   55
             1975   34
             1980   24
             1985   10

Binary examples:

          # Selects two float values (second one implicit) with a float value
          # discarded between them for an indefinite length of 1D data.
          plot '<file_name>' binary format="%float%*float" using 1:2 with lines

          # The data file header contains all details necessary for creating
          # coordinates from an EDF file.
          plot '<file_name>' binary filetype=edf with image
          plot '<file_name>.edf' binary filetype=auto with image

          # Selects three unsigned characters for components of a raw RGB image
          # and flips the y-dimension so that typical image orientation (start
          # at top left corner) translates to the Cartesian plane.  Pixel
          # spacing is given and there are two images in the file.  One of them
          # is translated via origin.
          plot '<file_name>' binary array=(512,1024):(1024,512) format='%uchar' \
               dx=2:1 dy=1:2 origin=(0,0):(1024,1024) flipy u 1:2:3 w rgbimage

          # Four separate records in which the coordinates are part of the
          # data file.  The file was created with a endianess different from
          # the system on which gnuplot is running.
          splot '<file_name>' binary record=30:30:29:26 endian=swap u 1:2:3

          # Same input file, but this time we skip the 1st and 3rd records
          splot '<file_name>' binary record=30:26 skip=360:348 endian=swap u 1:2:3

See also matrix.