[LON-CAPA-users] gnuplot problem

[SIMIN, GRIGORY]

Stuart,
For a GNU Function plot, is there a way to set the range of "x" or "t" arguments?
Thanks
Grigory

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Grigory Simin, PhD,
Professor, 
Electrical Engineering Department
University of South Carolina
301 Main Street, Room 3A80
Swearingen Engineering Center
Columbia, SC  29208



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From: LON-CAPA-users [mailto:lon-capa-users-bounces at mail.lon-capa.org] On Behalf Of Raeburn, Stuart
Sent: Monday, April 6, 2020 15:11
To: Discussion list for LON-CAPA users <lon-capa-users at mail.lon-capa.org>
Subject: Re: [LON-CAPA-users] gnuplot problem

Hello Gene,

If the text: “dynamically generated plot” is displayed instead of an image, when using gnuplot, then it means gnuplot was unable to process the data file generated by LON-CAPA for your plot.

That data file will have been written to /home/httpd/perl/tmp/ on your server's filesystem with a file name that includes your username, and ends _plot.data. and there will also be an error message in the web server's error log file, e.g., /var/log/httpd/ssl_error_log, with your problem listed as the referer.  (You'd need to ask your system administrator to look in the log files).

I was able to successfully generate plots for both functions:
$fnct_rms_halfwave="1/$pi * &sqrt(1/2*($pi-x) + 1/4*sin(2*x))";
$fnct_rms_fullwave="&sqrt(2/$pi) * &sqrt(1/2*($pi-x) + 1/4*sin(2*x))";

in a problem in my Authoring Space (gnuplot version: 4.4.2).

You might double check that there is not a typo in the problem XML, where you refer to the function, e.g., <function>$fnct_rms_halfwave</function>

Otherwise, there could be an issue with other attributes defined for the plot, aside from the functions themselves (although in most cases, LON-CAPA replaces invalid values with valid ones, before creating the _plot.data file passed to gnuplot).

Stuart Raeburn
LON-CAPA Academic Consortium
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From: LON-CAPA-users <lon-capa-users-bounces at mail.lon-capa.org> on behalf of Harding, Gene L <glhardin at purdue.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 6, 2020 11:22 AM
To: Discussion list for LON-CAPA users
Subject: [LON-CAPA-users] gnuplot problem

Hi everyone,

I am having trouble generating a gnuplot using the following two functions in LON-CAPA:
   $fnct_rms_halfwave="1/$pi * &sqrt(1/2*($pi-x) + 1/4*sin(2*x))";
   $fnct_rms_fullwave="&sqrt(2/$pi) * &sqrt(1/2*($pi-x) + 1/4*sin(2*x))";

Instead of rendering a plot, LON-CAPA just displays a message that says “dynamically generated plot”. It plots fine in Geogebra. Does anyone know what’s going on with the gnuplot?

Best regards,

Gene L. Harding, PE
Associate Professor of ECET
Purdue University
574-520-4190
https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/south-bend/

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