# # Boxplot demo # reset print "*** Boxplot demo ***" set style fill solid 0.5 border -1 set style boxplot outliers pointtype 7 set style data boxplot set boxwidth 0.5 set pointsize 0.5 unset key set border 2 set xtics ("A" 1, "B" 2) scale 0.0 set xtics nomirror set ytics nomirror set yrange [0:100] plot 'silver.dat' using (1):2, '' using (2):(5*$3) pause -1 'Hit to continue: Compare sub-datasets' # Comparing sub-datasets set xtics auto set yrange [*:*] set title "Distribution of energy usage of the continents, grouped by type of energy source\n" set ylabel "Billion Tons of Oil Equivalent" plot 'energy_circles.dat' using (1):($8/1.e6):(0):4 pause -1 'Hit to continue: Assign selected colors to each factor' set linetype 51 lc "dark-red" set linetype 52 lc "dark-red" set linetype 53 lc "dark-red" set linetype 54 lc "midnight-blue" set linetype 55 lc "sea-green" set linetype 56 lc "sea-green" set linetype 57 lc "sea-green" set title "Distribution of energy usage of the continents, grouped by type of energy source,\n assign individual colors (linetypes) to the factors taken from column 4\n" plot 'energy_circles.dat' using (1):($8/1.e6):(0):4 lt 51 lc variable pause -1 'Hit to continue: Sort factors alphabetically' # Sort factors alphabetically set style boxplot sorted set title "Distribution of energy usage of the continents, sorted by name of energy source\n" plot 'energy_circles.dat' using (1):($8/1.e6):(0):4 lc rgb "gold" pause -1 'Hit to continue: The same, with iteration and manual filtering' # The same as above, with manual filtering # Note that you have to specify the factors and you have to set the xtics as well. # However, you have greater control over the appearance of the plot # e.g. the order of the boxplots, their colors, the tic labels # The previous form is intended for interactive usage while the latter form is better suited # to creating publication-ready graphs. # Note: we turn off autoscaling for the last two categories so that outliers do not # expand the range on y even though they are not shown. factors = "Nuclear Coal Gas Oil Hydroelectric Renewable" NF = words(factors) set xtic ("" 1) set for [i=1:NF] xtics add (word(factors,i) i) set style boxplot nooutliers t(x) = x/1.e6 filter(col, factor_col, level) = (strcol(factor_col) eq word(factors, level)) ? t(column(col)) : 1/0 set title "Distribution of energy usage explicitly ordered by name of energy source\n" plot for [i=1:NF-2] 'energy_circles.dat' using (i):(filter(8, 4, i)), \ for [i=NF-1:NF] 'energy_circles.dat' using (i):(filter(8, 4, i)) noauto pause -1 'Hit to continue: boxplot demo finished' reset