How can I efficiently plot data that varies over time?

[Kudaros]

I am having a difficult time finding a way to efficiently plot something that varies over time. I have written a program that outputs three lists of numbers like:

time space value
x
y
z
.
.
.

I want to be able to input those lists and plot 'space' and 'value' against each other in a single plot for time =x and then, perhaps, press a button and move onto the next time.

I have access to MATLAB and maple and I've toyed around with it for hours. Short of plotting all of these time frames manually, I am not sure how I would go about doing this.

It is probably helpful to note that my programming knowledge is minimal for anything outside of C.

Thanks!

 

[KLoux]

I've done things like this in MATLAB. Why do you think it will be difficult? What are you getting hung up on? Do you want a GUI or are you looking for something you can run from the command line?

-Kerry