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 `plot` is the primary command for drawing plots with `gnuplot`
 (Note: gnuplot ).  It creates plots of functions and data in many, many
 ways.  `plot` is used to draw 2-d functions and data; `splot` (Note: splot )
 draws 2-d projections of 3-d surfaces and data. `plot` and `splot` contain
 many common features; see `splot` for differences. Note specifically that
 `splot`'s `binary` (Note: binary ) and  `matrix` (Note: matrix ) options
 do not exist for `plot`.

 Syntax:
       plot {<ranges>}
            {<function> | {"<datafile>" {datafile-modifiers}}}
            {axes <axes>} {<title-spec>} {with <style>}
            {, {definitions,} <function> ...}

 where either a <function> or the name of a data file enclosed in quotes is
 supplied.  A function is a mathematical expression or a pair of mathematical
 expressions in parametric mode.  The expressions may be defined completely or
 in part earlier in the stream of `gnuplot` commands (see `user-defined`
 (Note: User-defined )).

 It is also possible to define functions and parameters on the `plot` command
 itself.  This is done merely by isolating them from other items with commas.

 There are four possible sets of axes available; the keyword <axes> is used to
 select the axes for which a particular line should be scaled.  `x1y1` refers
 to the axes on the bottom and left; `x2y2` to those on the top and right;
 `x1y2` to those on the bottom and right; and `x2y1` to those on the top and
 left.  Ranges specified on the `plot` command apply only to the first set of
 axes (bottom left).

 Examples:
       plot sin(x)
       plot f(x) = sin(x*a), a = .2, f(x), a = .4, f(x)
       plot [t=1:10] [-pi:pi*2] tan(t), \
            "data.1" using (tan($2)):($3/$4) smooth csplines \
                     axes x1y2 notitle with lines 5

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errorbars

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ranges

title

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