The Table Menu
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## The Table Menu

This menu is only active when a table is selected

Set Column As

  These commands are used to define the kind of data which are stored in the different columns of a table.

  Set Column As -> X

    Define the selected column as abscissae for the plots.

  Set Column As -> Y

    In the case of 2D plots, this command defines the selected column as Y-values for the plots. In the case of 3D plots, Y columns can be used as the second abscissae.

  Set Column As -> Z

    In the case of 3D plots, Z columns will be used as plotted values.

  Set Column As -> X error

    Define the selected column for use as errors bar width for abscissae.

  Set Column As -> Y error

    Define the selected column for use as errors bar width for Y-values.

  Set Column As -> None

    The selected column can be used in different ways in several plots (as X values, Y values, etc).

Column Options...

  This command is used to define the global parameters of each column such as numeric format, column name, etc. See the dialog box section for more details.

Set Column Values...

  This command is used to fill the selected column with the values resulting from a mathematical formula. See the dialog box section for more details.

Add Column

  Add a new column in the table. Whatever the selected column, the new one will be inserted at the right of the table after the left column.

Column...

  Allows to define the number of columns in the table. Be carefull if you decrease the number of columns in a table, a number of columns will be removed and the data will be lost.

Row...

  Allows to define the number of rows in the table. Be carefull if you decrease the number of rows in a table, a number of rows will be removed and the data will be lost.

Convert to Matrix

  This command is used to convert a table into a matrix. It is mainly used to import data from files: the first step import data in a table, and the second one is the conversion of the table in a matrix.

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