Scribbling feverishly on May 25, Joel Hammer managed to emit: > I am using gnuplot. I want to have bar graphs of data with a superimposed > Gaussian distribution, based on the usual mean and standard deviation > that the typical spreadsheet calculates from the data. There is a > function called norm in the gnuplot program which sounds like this is > what I need. However, here is all the manual has to say: > > The norm function returns the normal distribution function (or Gaussian) > of the real part of its argument. > > and > > The functions in GNUPLOT are the same as the corresponding functions > in the Unix math library, except that all functions accept integer, > real, and complex arguments, unless otherwise noted. > > > I have looked for the unix math manual on line, and can't find one. Could someone > please explain how to use the norm function in unix, or better yet, in > gnuplot?
I didn't find a norm() in the C library or in the header (/usr/include/math.h). There are some normalization routines, but these are used for working with complex numbers, which aren't pertinent here. Kurt -- A psychiatrist is a person who will give you expensive answers that your wife will give you for free. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
