By default a full circle will be drawn. It is possible to plot arc segments
instead of full circles by specifying a start and end angle in the 4th and 5th
columns. An optional 4th or 6th column can specify per-circle color.
The start and end angles of the circle segments must be specified in degrees.
See set style circle (p. ) and set style fill (p.
).
Examples:
# draws circles whose area is proportional to the value in column 3 set style fill transparent solid 0.2 noborder plot 'data' using 1:2:(sqrt($3)) with circles, \ 'data' using 1:2 with linespoints
# draws Pac-men instead of circles plot 'data' using 1:2:(10):(40):(320) with circles
# draw a pie chart with inline data set xrange [-15:15] set style fill transparent solid 0.9 noborder plot '-' using 1:2:3:4:5:6 with circles lc var 0 0 5 0 30 1 0 0 5 30 70 2 0 0 5 70 120 3 0 0 5 120 230 4 0 0 5 230 360 5 e
The result is similar to using a points plot with variable size points and
pointstyle 7, except that the circles will scale with the x axis range.
See also set object circle (p. ) and fillstyle (p.
).