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Re: passing options to a new graphics function

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• Subject: [mg579] Re: [mg549] passing options to a new graphics function
• From: p.kent at ic.ac.uk
• Date: Mon, 20 Mar 95 13:16:58 GMT

>How do I pass an option to a new graphics function I define?
>For example:
>
>LogLogListPlot[x_List] :=
> .....

You can do it this way:

LogLogListPlot[x_List, options___]:=
 ListPlot[ ... , options]

"___" means a sequence of zero or more expressions - read about it
in "the book".

(for clarity, ___ = 3 of _)

Regards, Phillip Kent.

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