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# Illustrate three variants of step plots - same data, three styles
#    plot with steps 
#    plot with fsteps 
#    plot with histeps 
#    plot with fillsteps 

set title "Compare steps, fsteps and histeps"
set key left

plot [0:12][0:13] "steps.dat" notitle with points ps 2 pt 6,  \
 "steps.dat" title 'steps' with steps, \
 'steps.dat' title 'fsteps' with fsteps, \
 'steps.dat' title 'histeps' with histeps


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set title "Histogram built from unsorted data by 'smooth frequency'"
set ylabel 'counts per bin'
set xlabel 'bins'
set key right
plot 'hemisphr.dat' u (floor($1*20)):(1) smooth frequency with histeps title "with histeps"


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set style fill solid 1.0
plot 'hemisphr.dat' u (floor($1*20)):(1) smooth freq with fillsteps title "with fillsteps"


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