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Re: Problem with If[] and %

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  • Subject: [mg5411] Re: Problem with If[] and %
  • From: rhall2 at umbc.edu (hall robert)
  • Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 00:25:37 -0500
  • Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

In article <57tl9h$rjm at dragonfly.wolfram.com>,
Hans Steffani <hans.steffani at e-technik.tu-chemnitz.de> wrote:
>
>i^2+v^2
>If[ % >15,15,%]
>Plot3D[ %,{i,-5,5},{v,-5,5}]
>
>Which only leads to several errors.

Your original code created an infinite loop. Try

   Trace[Plot3D[ %,{i,-5,5},{v,-5,5}]]

and you can see the same operation being performed over
and over again.

>What do I have to do?

   exp = i^2+v^2
   If[ exp >15,15,exp]
   Plot3D[ %,{i,-5,5},{v,-5,5}]

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