# gnuplot script for plotting eurofxref-hist.csv as obtained from # http://www.ecb.int/stats/exchange/eurofxref/html/index.en.html # Before runnig this script, download and unzip to working directory: # https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-hist.zip  infile='eurofxref-hist.csv' outfile='Euro_exchange_rate_to_GBP' . '_(800px_wide).svg'  # Start und Ende ermitteln (z.Zt. nur für Consolenausagabe)   stats infile every ::1   u (strptime("%Y-%m-%d",strcol(1))) nooutput   print '     -----Stats-(Timestamp)----'   print '     Start:          ', strftime("%d. %B %Y",STATS_min)   print '     Ende:           ', strftime("%d. %B %Y",STATS_max)   print '     --------------------------' # Datum des letzten Updates oben links setzen    #input set timefmt "%Y-%m-%d" set datafile missing 'N/A' set datafile separator ','  stats infile every ::1 using (column("GBP")) name "col_stat" nooutput print 'Groesster Wert der Spalte GBP ist: ', col_stat_max print 'Kleinster Wert der Spalte GBP ist: ', col_stat_min  #output set key bottom right set style data lines set border 9                      # Rahmen unten (Bit 1) und links (+ Bit 2)  unset grid                        # Gitterlinien verwenden # Gitterlinienen per Hand setzen falls gewünscht  set style line 1 linetype rgb '#494949' linewidth 0.25 # Def. Major-grid set style line 2 linetype rgb '#A9A9A9' linewidth 0.15 # def. Minor-grid set grid  xtics mxtics             # eventuell noxtics und nomxtics set grid  y2tics my2tics           # eventuell noytics und nomytics set grid  back                     # Gitter im Hintergrund set grid  linestyle 1, linestyle 2 # Setzen des linestyle für Major u. Minor    set xdata time set format x '%Y' set xrange ['1998-12-31':'2019-04-05'] set xtics '1950-01-01', 60 * 60 * 24 * 365.25 * 5 set xtics nomirror  set mxtics 5 # set xlabel 'Date'  # Y-Achse   unset    ylabel  #   set     ytics  nomirror   unset     ytics     unset    mytics       set   y2range  [ 0 :  ] # unset    format  y     set   y2label  'GBP'     set    y2tics  nomirror     set    y2tics  0.2     set   my2tics  5     set   y2range  [ 0.4 :  ]     set    format  y2 "%.2f"  # Zebramuster  set style rect fillcolor lt -1 fillstyle solid 0.03 noborder  do for [i=1950:2050:1] {   rec_q1_begin =sprintf("%1.4d-04-01",i)   rec_q2_begin =sprintf("%1.4d-07-01",i)   rec_q3_begin =sprintf("%1.4d-10-01",i)   rec_end      =sprintf("%1.4d-01-01",i + 1)   set object rectangle from rec_q1_begin,graph 0 to rec_end, graph 1   set object rectangle from rec_q2_begin,graph 0 to rec_end, graph 1   set object rectangle from rec_q3_begin,graph 0 to rec_end, graph 1 }  set term svg size 800,400 font "Arial,16"  set outp outfile set style line 1 lt rgb 'blue' lw 1  #available currencies: #first one is $2, second $3 and so on #USD,JPY,BGN,CYP,CZK,DKK,EEK,GBP,HUF,LTL,LVL,MTL,PLN,ROL,RON,SEK,SIT,SKK,CHF,ISK,NOK,HRK,RUB,TRL,TRY,AUD,BRL,CAD,CNY,HKD,IDR,ILS,INR,KRW,MXN,MYR,NZD,PHP,SGD,THB,ZAR  set arrow from "2016-06-23", graph 0 to "2016-06-23", graph 1 nohead lc rgb "#FF0000" back set label "Brexit Ref." at "2016-06-23", graph 0.3 rotate by +60 center front  plot \   infile  usi 1:(column("GBP"))  axis x1y2 tit '1 EUR in GBP'  lt rgb 'blue' lw 1,\