Exchanging the axes in gnuplot

Question

I have been wondering about this for a while, and it might already be implemented in gnuplot but I haven\'t been able to find info online.

When you have

Answer 1

So here is another ugly, but gnuplot-only variant: Use the special filename '+' to generate a dynamic data set for plotting:

plot '+' using ($1**2):1

The development version contains a new feature, which allows you to use dummy variables instead of column numbers for plotting with '+':

plot sample [y=-10:10] '+' using (y**2):(y)

I guess that's what come closest to your request.