How could i graph a changing variable, Awhile ago i made perl script that reads incoming and outgoing data in a server,i would like to graph it. basically every second the script checks ingoing and outgoing kbps. I would like to graph each value as so: Every second it would print a bar like: 
 
#          ####
###  ##    ####
#### ###   ##### #
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After a specific amount of Kbps, (or a specific number) the graph goes flat, as seen above. Each column would be a value, column one in that specific chart would be 5120kbp/s, (or 5120 in the variable) the next is lower and depending on the height that the graph is displaying is the current data. Obviously, at the bottom of the graph i will have a reader like i already have. (Incoming Kbp/'s = 123, Outgoing Kbp/'s 100). Tl:Dr, What im trying to accomplish is graphing numbers depending on the size of the number.

In reply to Graphing varibles. by MonkeyManChfKiller

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