gnuplot_test, a Fortran77 code which illustrates how commands and data for the gnuplot() graphics code can be generated, to illustrate the results of a calculation.
Ordinarily, GNUPLOT is used interactively; that is, the user invokes the code, and then describes the plot to be created. The data for the plot is created either by a formula, or by reference to some data file created earlier.
It is often extremely important to be able to create graphical images of the results of an executable code. If the user is familiar with GNUPLOT, then the code can be modified to create a suitable data file, and, once the code has completed, the user can run GNUPLOT and use that data file to create a graph.
However, if the code is going to create the data file, it can just as easily create a file containing the appropriate commands to GNUPLOT that will create the desired image. In this way, the user can avoid having to recall the correct commands in the correct order to create the plot.
Thus, the code might create two files, called, perhaps data.txt and commands.txt. The command file would contain GNUPLOT commands, including one that refers to the data file itself. To create the graphics image, the user would simply type
gnuplot < commands.txt
This directory includes some sample codes which carry out numerical calculations, creating data and command files that are used in exactly this way.
The information on this web page is distributed under the MIT license.
gnuplot_test is available in a non-language specific version and a C version and a C++ version and a Fortran77 version and a Fortran90 version and a MATLAB version and an Octave version.
brownian_motion_simulation, a Fortran77 code which simulates Brownian motion in an M-dimensional region, creating graphics files that can be displayed with gnuplot.
disk_grid, a Fortran77 code which computes grid points that lie inside a disk of user specified radius and center in 2D, using gnuplot to create an image of the grid.
dislin, a Fortran77 code which illustrates the use of DISLIN, a scientific graphics package, by Helmut Michels.
edge, a Fortran77 code which defines some test functions in 1D, 2D and 3D for the detection of edges or discontinuities. It uses gnuplot to display the jumps in curves and surfaces.
fair_dice_simulation, a Fortran77 code which simulates N games in which two fair dice are thrown and summed, creating graphics files for processing by gnuplot.
fd1d_advection_ftcs, a Fortran77 code which applies the finite difference method (FDM) to solve the time-dependent advection equation ut = - c * ux in one spatial dimension, with a constant velocity, using the forward time, centered space (FTCS) difference method, writing graphics files for processing by gnuplot.
FD1D_ADVECTION_LAX, a Fortran77 code which applies the finite difference method (FDM) to solve the time-dependent advection equation ut = - c * ux in one spatial dimension, with a constant velocity, using the Lax method to treat the time derivative, writing graphics files for processing by gnuplot.
FD1D_ADVECTION_LAX_WENDROFF, a Fortran77 code which applies the finite difference method (FDM) to solve the time-dependent advection equation ut = - c * ux in one spatial dimension, with a constant velocity, using the Lax-Wendroff method to treat the time derivative, writing graphics files for processing by gnuplot.
GNUFOR, a Fortran77 code which provides an interface to the gnuplot graphics code.
ISING_2D_SIMULATION, a Fortran77 code which carries out a Monte Carlo simulation of an Ising model. a 2D array of positive and negative charges, each of which is likely to flip to be in agreement with neighbors, using gnuplot to make images of the initial and final configurations.
LORENZ_ODE, a Fortran77 code which approximates solutions to the Lorenz system, creating output files that can be displayed by gnuplot.
NACA, a Fortran77 code which can take the parameters of certain NACA airfoils and return the coordinates of a sequence of points that outline the wing shape. The data can be displayed with gnuplot.
NEAREST_INTERP_1D, a Fortran77 code which interpolates a set of data using a piecewise constant interpolant defined by the nearest neighbor criterion, creating graphics files for processing by gnuplot.
ORNSTEIN_UHLENBECK, a Fortran77 code which approximates solutions of the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck stochastic ordinary differential equation (SODE) using the Euler method and the Euler-Maruyama method, and creating graphics files for processing by gnuplot.
PADUA, a Fortran77 code which returns the points and weights for Padu sets, useful for interpolation in 2D, with graphics files created by gnuplot.
POISSON_SIMULATION, a Fortran77 code which simulates a Poisson process in which events randomly occur with an average waiting time of Lambda, creating output for graphics by gnuplot.
POLYGON_TRIANGULATE, a Fortran77 code which triangulates a possibly nonconvex polygon, and which can use gnuplot to display the external edges and internal diagonals of the triangulation.
PWL_INTERP_1D, a Fortran77 code which interpolates a set of data using a piecewise linear function, creating graphics files for processing by gnuplot
SDE, a Fortran77 code which illustrates properties of stochastic ordinary differential equations (SODE's), and common algorithms for their analysis, including the Euler method, the Euler-Maruyama method, and the Milstein method, making graphics files for processing and display by gnuplot, by Desmond Higham;
SPARSE_DISPLAY, a Fortran77 code which can read information defining a matrix of numbers and display the sparsity pattern or location of the nonzero elements using gnuplot. This operation is already available in the built-in MATLAB "spy" command.
SPIRAL_DATA, a Fortran77 code which computes a velocity vector field that satisfies the continuity equation, writing the data to a file that can be plotted by gnuplot.
SPRING_ODE2, a Fortran77 code which shows how gnuplot graphics can be used to illustrate a solution of the ordinary differential equation (ODE) that describes the motion of a weight attached to a spring.
STOCHASTIC_DIFFUSION, a Fortran77 code which implements several versions of a stochastic diffusivity coefficient, and displays sample results using gnuplot.
STOCHASTIC_HEAT2D, a Fortran77 code which implements a finite difference method (FDM) for the steady (time independent) 2D heat equation, with a stochastic heat diffusivity coefficient, using gnuplot to illustrate the results.
STRING_SIMULATION, a Fortran77 code which simulates the behavior of a vibrating string, creating files that can be displayed by gnuplot.
SVD_SNOWFALL, a Fortran77 code which reads a file containing historical snowfall data and analyzes the data with the Singular Value Decomposition (SVD), and plots created by gnuplot.
triangle_symq, a Fortran77 code which returns efficient symmetric quadrature rules, with exactness up to total degree 50, over the interior of an arbitrary triangle in 2D. Images of the points within the triangle can be made with gnuplot.
VANDERMONDE_INTERP_1D, a Fortran77 code which finds a polynomial interpolant to data y(x) of a 1D argument, by setting up and solving a linear system for the polynomial coefficients, involving the Vandermonde matrix, creating graphics files for processing by gnuplot.
DAMPED_SINE evaluates the damped sine correlation function for a range of values of its argument. A plot of the function is desired.
orbital_fill_contour makes a color contour plot of orbital data.
STRING_SIMULATION simulates the behavior of a string that obeys the wave equation. The shape of the string is to be plotted over successive times.
