On Wed, 2005-09-28 at 08:10 +0200, Thomas Bätzler wrote: > Hello, > > Aditi Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked: > > I have a perl code that generates a sequence of values which > > i want to plot on y-axis against 1,2,3... on x-axis. I've > > read that GD::Graph could be used for it. But I've never done > > modular programming. Also, I don't know how to install > > modules from CPAN. > > Are there any other easier methods for drawing charts using perl? > > Well, you could always use an external program like gnuplot > to generate the graph for you. That would still require that > you understand how to use the program, though. > Hello,
GD::Graph is very simple to use, just check out the CPAN documents. If you want to use gnuplot, try the following little c shell script. set data = $argv[1] gnuplot <<EOF set xlable 'x axis' set ylable 'y label' set title 'title' set terminal postscript color plot "$data" using x:y quit EOF The thing with gnuplot is the vast number of options you have, this can work out to be a good thing, you could dump in any function you like in that script. Another option is XMgrace, which is a nice plotting program which is perhaps easier to use than gnuplot, after that there is matlab and other commercial tools you could use. I use GD as it is quick and simple. Installing the module: If you are on windows, making the assumption you are running Active State perl, use the PPM to install GD::Graph On linux just do perl -MCPAN -e 'shell' follow the instructions and then type: install GD::Graph and it should all be fine. Hope that is of some use. Dan. > And don't be afraid to use Perl modules. Many important modules > are already part of your Perl distribution, so you would not > have to install them manually, anyways. As for the rest, I'm sure > people here will be able to give you some pointers if you > provide some details like OS and distribution used, and so on. > > HTH, > Thomas > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
