On Wed, 9 May 2007, a b wrote:
Execute the following : same number of observations, same type
of data. and compare the 2 time series plot for x.
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nulldata 5000
setobs 1 1000 --time-series
genr x = normal()
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and
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nulldata 5000
setobs 1 1 --time-series
genr x = normal()
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Do they look the same ? :-\
OK, no, they don't look the same. That's because gretl reckons
that if the x-axis "naturally" starts at zero, in most cases it's
probably wrong/weird to show a left-hand "margin" that goes into
the negative region, x < 0.
Allin.