Hi Joel, I believe that interpretation depends on the context - I believe the answer to your question is: yes, it should be possible.
Can you send us a minimal example demonstrating how you load the file (there are different methods)? Best regards Christian Am 30.06.2011 03:48, schrieb Joel: > Hello, > > I'm trying to use pgfplots to plot numbers from a text file, but getting the > error: > ! Package PGF Math Error: Digit `8' invalid for base 8 (in '028'). > > The first column in the file contains integer numbers with padded zeros, for > example > 001 > 002 > ... > 020 > 021 > ... > 100 > 101 > etc. > > Removing the leading zeros eliminated the error, so it looks like pgfplots > thinks that a leading zero means a number in an octal basis, so any digits > larger than 7 generates an error. > > Is it possible to make pgfplots read integers with leading zeros and treat > them as "normal" numbers, that is, in a decimal basis?. > > Thanks, > Joel. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. > Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security > threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes > sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2 > _______________________________________________ > Pgfplots-features mailing list > Pgfplots-features@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pgfplots-features ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2 _______________________________________________ Pgfplots-features mailing list Pgfplots-features@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pgfplots-features