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Re: Newbie: plot data from a text file?

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• Subject: [mg43845] Re: [mg43817] Newbie: plot data from a text file?
• From: "Peter Pein" <petsie at arcor.de>
• Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 04:48:10 -0400 (EDT)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "McGee" <chris at NO-SPAM-TILL-BROOKLYN-ooc2000.com>
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Subject: [mg43845] [mg43817] Newbie: plot data from a text file?


> Hi all,
> 
> (I checked the manual and online help for this but I haven't found
> anything).
> 
> I have some C code that generates ordered (x,y) pairs of data. I'd
> like to be able to simply use Mathematica to plot this data. I don't
> see any arguments to Plot[] that allow this, nor do I see an
> alternative.
> 
>  Am I missing something obvious? Or is Mathematica the wrong tool for
> this . . .
> 
> Thanks,
> McGee
> 

Hi McGee,

I think you should have a look at ListPlot.

-- 
Peter Pein, Berlin
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    • From: McGee <chris@NO-SPAM-TILL-BROOKLYN-ooc2000.com>