Make Series Utility

MkSeries is a simple utility for generating CSV files containing a linear series. It is used when you would like to plot a function with DB Plot instead of collected data.

To plot a sine curve with DB Plot you could use the following SQL statement provided that a file called TwoPi.csv existed.

Select X, Sin(X) As Y From TwoPi.csv Order By X

The file TwoPi.csv should contain values from 0 to 2 pi at some convenient interval. For such a case is MkSeries designed.

mkseries [/i] [/e /p] filename series start stop [nsteps]

/i	generate an integer series
/e	multiply start and stop by e (2.71828...)
/p	multiply start and stop by pi (3.14159...)

mkseries /p TwoPi.csv X 0 2

This would generate a CSV file with one column called "X" and 101 values from 0 to 2 pi by 0.02 pi increments.

mkseries /i Seconds.csv Secs 0 59

This would generate an integer series from 0 to 59.

Of course Mk Series and DB Plot may be used to generate parameterized function plots.

mkseries /p Theta.csv Theta 0 2

Select Theta, Cos(Theta) As X, Sin(Theta) As Y From Theta.csv Order By Theta

The above would plot a circle.