xx=[some data]; yy=[some more data]; ey=[even more data]; errorbar(xx, yy, ey, '~')
Here xx, yy and ey are consistent in dimensions. But it won't work out. Here's the error info:
error: __errplot__: unrecognized format character: `~' error: evaluating if command near line 103, column 2 error: evaluating if command near line 55, column 7 error: evaluating if command near line 49, column 5
error: evaluating while command near line 48, column 3 error: called from `__pltopt1__' in file `/usr/local/share/octave/2.9.12/m/plot/__pltopt1__.m' error: evaluating for command near line 110, column 5
error: evaluating if command near line 96, column 3 error: called from `__pltopt__' in file `/usr/local/share/octave/2.9.12/m/plot/__pltopt__.m' error: called from `__errplot__' in file `/usr/local/share/octave/2.9.12/m/plot/__errplot__.m'
error: evaluating assignment _expression_ near line 57, column 16 error: evaluating if command near line 56, column 7 error: evaluating while command near line 54, column 5 error: evaluating while command near line 42, column 3
error: called from `__errcomm__' in file `/usr/local/share/octave/2.9.12/m/plot/__errcomm__.m' error: called from `errorbar' in file `/usr/local/share/octave/2.9.12/m/plot/errorbar.m'
I can't figure why "~" is not recognized as a format character! It's the default one!