Dear Joel, in that case, it is quite easy to fix it: simply replace 'x expr=\thisrowno{0}' by 'x index=0'. The 'x index' thing expects numbers rather than expressions, and the simple number parser has no implicit assumptions on base prefixes.
Best regards Christian Am 01.07.2011 07:09, schrieb Joel: > Hello Christian, > > Thanks for the prompt reply. > > Here is a minimal example: > \documentclass{article} > \usepackage{pgfplots} > \begin{document} > > \begin{tikzpicture} > \begin{axis} > \addplot table[x expr=\thisrowno{0}, y expr=\thisrowno{1}]{f}; > \end{axis} > \end{tikzpicture} > \end{document} > > where the file f contains: > 020 1 > 028 2 > 029 3 > 030 4 > > Processing the tex file gives: > ! Package PGF Math Error: Digit `8' invalid for base 8 (in '028'). > > TIA, > Joel. > > --- On Fri, 1/7/11, Christian Feuersaenger<cfeuersaen...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > >> From: Christian Feuersaenger<cfeuersaen...@googlemail.com> >> Subject: Re: [Pgfplots-features] Octal numbers? >> To: pgfplots-features@lists.sourceforge.net >> Date: Friday, 1 July, 2011, 2:27 AM >> 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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