ns3::Gnuplot Class Reference

a simple class to generate gnuplot-ready plotting commands from a set of datasets. More...

#include <gnuplot.h>

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	Gnuplot (const std::string &outputFilename="", const std::string &title="")
void	SetTerminal (const std::string &terminal)
void	SetTitle (const std::string &title)
void	SetLegend (const std::string &xLegend, const std::string &yLegend)
void	SetExtra (const std::string &extra)
void	AppendExtra (const std::string &extra)
void	AddDataset (const GnuplotDataset &dataset)
void	GenerateOutput (std::ostream &os) const
Static Public Member Functions
static std::string	DetectTerminal (const std::string &filename)

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Detailed Description

a simple class to generate gnuplot-ready plotting commands from a set of datasets.

This class really represents a single graph on which multiple datasets can be plotted.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

ns3::Gnuplot::Gnuplot	(	const std::string &	outputFilename = "",
		const std::string &	title = ""
	)

Parameters:

	outputFilename	the name of the file where the rendering of the graph will be generated if you feed the command stream output by Gnuplot::GenerateOutput to the gnuplot program.
	title	title line of the plot page

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Member Function Documentation

void ns3::Gnuplot::AddDataset

(

const GnuplotDataset &

dataset

)

Parameters:

dataset

add a dataset to the graph to be plotted.

void ns3::Gnuplot::AppendExtra

(

const std::string &

extra

)

Parameters:

extra

append extra gnuplot directive for output.

static std::string ns3::Gnuplot::DetectTerminal

(

const std::string &

filename

)

[static]

Crude attempt to auto-detect the correct terminal setting by inspecting the filename's extension.

Parameters:

filename

output file name

void ns3::Gnuplot::GenerateOutput

(

std::ostream &

os

)

const

Parameters:

os

the output stream on which the relevant gnuplot commands should be generated. Including output file and terminal headers.

void ns3::Gnuplot::SetExtra

(

const std::string &

extra

)

Parameters:

extra

set extra gnuplot directive for output.

void ns3::Gnuplot::SetLegend	(	const std::string &	xLegend,
		const std::string &	yLegend
	)

Parameters:

	xLegend	the legend for the x horizontal axis
	yLegend	the legend for the y vertical axis

void ns3::Gnuplot::SetTerminal

(

const std::string &

terminal

)

Parameters:

terminal

terminal setting string for output. The default terminal string is "png"

void ns3::Gnuplot::SetTitle

(

const std::string &

title

)

Parameters:

title

set new plot title string to use for this plot.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• src/contrib/gnuplot.h