Thanks! Just what I wanted. On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Sherlock, Ric <[email protected]> wrote: >> From: Piet de Jong >> In the plot package the command >> >> pd 'eps 333 125 c:\fig.eps ' >> >> works fine. > > This works despite the fact that the correct syntax given for the command > <www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Plot/Commands> is: > eps [file w h] display plot in EPS format. > >> However something like >> dir=:'C:\Documents and Settings\' >> pd 'eps 333 125 ',dir,'fig.eps' >> >> fails, apparently because long file names cannot have blanks >> in them. >> >> What is an appropriate workaround? > > Using the correct argument order and enclosing the file name with double > quotes, it works fine for me. > load 'plot' > pd 'reset' > pd 2 6...@$0 > pd 'eps "',dir,'fig.eps" 333 125' > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >
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