{pgfplotstable} is a package that can read, parse, modify or generate tables from data that is either provided via external files or inline code. It also serves as the data handler of the graphics package {pgfplots}.

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PGFPlots staggered axis

Why in this plot the axis are all staggered ? \documentclass[12pt,% % corpo del font principale a4paper,% % carta A4 % ...
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Pgfplots two datatable in the same document

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article} \usepackage{pgfplots,pgfplotstable} % Grafici \pgfplotsset{/pgf/number format/use comma,compat=newest} ...
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Dates as xticklabels ; number formated dates provided

I would like to plot temporal data and have dates as tick labels. I have seen chapter 4.20 Symbolic Coordinates and User Transformations from pgfplots manual but it does not correspond to my situation ...
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How can LaTeX code in a data file be read by pgfplotstable?

I would like to place some LaTeX math code in the columns of a file to be read by pgfplotstable. Unlike How to use underscores with pgfplotstable?, I would like the columns to be formatted so LaTeX ...
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How can multiple pgfplotstable columns be used in a legend?

I'd like to plot a few sets of data using the groupplots library of pgfplots. On each plot, I'd like to add a few other pieces of data that do not change from plot to plot. So I put the plot ...
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How to use underscores with pgfplotstable?

I have an input file like this: some_entry 123 another_entry 456 yet_another_entry 789 and I want to typeset it as a table with: \pgfplotstabletypeset[col sep=space]{FILENAME} Problem is that ...
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Is it possible to create a table and bar chart on the fly?

I am a beginner in Latex, using it tentatively for industrial documents. I have reached a point where the anticipated benefits from using it in a Corporate environment appear to me very significant. I ...
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Scope issues with pgfplotstable [closed]

I created a command that creates a table and do some computations on it. And I would like to use this command several times. \documentclass{minimal} \usepackage{pgfplotstable} \pgfplotstableset{% ...
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PgfplotsTable: How to merge cell contents of two tables to one table?

I have two tables (sorry, inline tables are not working with pgfplotstable 2011/12/19 on my system, even with the option format=inline): Data table (data.csv): X,A,B U,1.1,1.2 V,2.1,2.2 ...
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Pgfplots \closedcycle introduces unwanted slope

I'm trying to plot two graphs with the area between them filled. This works fine, except for the fact that the \closedcycle does not go down vertically, but rather at some (arbitrary?) slope, circled ...
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pgfplotstable or datatool?

What are differences, which to use for including .csv, .tsv files ? Datatool ? pgfplotstable ? I've seen at question : How typeset a numeric table from a CSV file how person asked about fixing ...
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Highlight min/max of value pairs on each row with pgfplotstable [closed]

I would like to highlight the min/max value in pairs of values on each row in a table with pgfplotstable. I had a look at Highlighting Extremal Values in Table which seems to provide much of the ...
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Selecting rows to be displayed with pgfplotstable

I have a table, read from a file, and I would like to display only rows which have a specific value in a given column. Here is an ECM: \documentclass{minimal} \usepackage{pgfplotstable} ...
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pgfplots: How to ignore the last line of a data file?

I need to plot data files which contain a comment in the last line, like this: 0 2 4 1 5 7 2 9 5 3 11 15 4 10 15 THIS WAS: TOTAL Now, pgfplots seems to have a problem with that giving me ...
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Table typesetting with pgfplotstable

I have two questions concerning pgfplotstable and number formatting with pgf. Consider the following piece of code: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{pgfplotstable} \usepackage{amsmath} ...
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Import files with pgfplotstable and split tables across multiple pages

I am using pgfplotstable to import files with many rows and columns with which to create custom tables. Some tables are quite long, covering many pages. Is there a way to automatically assign the ...
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Change \pgfplotstabletypeset font size

I have a table with strings and fixed numbers. I need to set \footnotesize only to typeset it using \pgfplotstabletypeset. How can I change font size ?
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Multiline table header

Is it possible typeset a table with \pgfplotstabletypeset and change the style of 1 column header to be multiline? This code doesn't work and can't compile: ... columns/errorRelC/.style={ column ...
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Stacked barplots and text labels in x-coordinate

I was trying to stack a groupplot, or was it grouping a stacked plot? However I was trying to get something like: With Excel it didn't seem to be a problem but when I tried adapting it with pgfplots ...
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pgfplots multiple plots in one file

In pgfplots is it possible to have several plots in one datafile? The goal is to add about 20 plots, which has different number of points and not the same x-value, to the same axis. (app. 350 points) ...
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Remove rows in a \addplot table command

Is there any way to adapt Show last N rows from input datafile only in \pgfplotstabletypeset to a \addplot table command ? This doesn't work: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{pgfplots} ...
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How to create pgfplots cycle list from a table?

I know that a pgfplots cycle list can be created with \pgfplotscreateplotcyclelist. However, the examples given in the pgfplots manual explicitly list all the items. I am wondering if it is possible ...
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Show last N rows from input datafile only in \pgfplotstabletypeset

I would like to limit the rows in \pgfplotstabletypeset to the last N rows. I can skip rows by doing this: \pgfplotstabletypeset[skip rows between index={0}{4}]{file.data} But this only works if I ...
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How to get the domain for the line of best fit w/pgfplots to be all real numbers?

Although I already worked around this problem by finding the x-intercept with the linear regression equation I calculated w/gnuplot, I'm still curious to know how pgfplots can do it without me ...
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Fill area of curve above a line using pgfplots

This question is related to Fill between two curves in pgfplots. which started me of. However, I need to have just the area above the reference line filled. \begin{tikzpicture} ...
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skipping the first line of a data file for pgfplotstable

I need to skip the first row of a csv file, which is auto-generated by some magic measurement apparatus. It contains its own filename as the first line. The second line contains the column names (no ...
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Find a extremal value in external data file with pgfplot

Basically I'm plotting many curves stacked one after the other in pseudo 3D to show transient behaviors. I need every x axis to be at the same place so I use a ymin and ymax optional entry for the ...
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Horizontal table with pgfplotstable

How can I make table in pgfplotstable table form input file A B 1.0 20 1.1 21 1.2 22 1.3 23 1.4 24 looks like this one: I trying to use \pgfplotstabletranspose\loadedtable{input.dat} ...
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Rearrange data in pgfplotstable

I have a \pgfplotstable with data (loaded from a file) like this one: \pgfplotstableread{ s f 0.0 95.9638 0.2380665 160.565 0.511 190.435 0.705 270.435 1.0 ...
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Add rows to a pgftable

I need to add a custom row of data to a \pgfplotstable for drawing purposes. The commented line is the needed data. I can read and manipulate any element from table but I can't add any row. Any advice ...
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Pointing from Data in a pgfplotstable to a pgfplot

Are there PGF coordinates available for elements in a pgfplots table? Groupplots allow to address plots via (group c2r1.center) (column 2, row1). \pgfplotstabletypeset[col sep=&,row sep=\\,sci ...
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pgfplotstable as pmatrix

The content of the file matrix.dat is: 11 12 13 14 21 22 23 24 31 32 33 34 What I want is a rendering in LaTeX like this: / 11 12 13 14 \ | 21 22 23 24 | \ 31 32 33 34 / I can load the file ...
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Accessing individual table elements with pgfplots?

I want to create a plot using a non-standard plot-style that I don't see in the pgfplots manual. It would be nice if I could take advantage of the \pgfplotstableread function and then somehow loop ...
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Multiple Files input to one pgfplotstable

I have several data files that I would like to combine into one table using pgfplots table. Specifically, I would like to use one file to set the first three columns and then have each data file fill ...

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