Re: Problem plotting a piecewise function
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- Subject: [mg14557] Re: Problem plotting a piecewise function
- From: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 03:07:29 -0500
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sergio at scisun.sci.ccny.cuny.edu wrote in message
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>(*--
> Hello guys,
>
> Could somebody explain why in the following plot nothing is
> drawn between x =(0,0.5)?
> How can I have the complete plot of this function?
> Notice that f[0] = 1.0 and the y-axis tick mark gets up to
> about 0.15
>---*)
>Clear[f,Xa,Xb];
>f[x_] := Which[x >= 0. && x <= 1.5, 0.888889 (-1.5 + x) (-0.75 + x),
>True, 0]; Xa=0.0; Xb=3.0;
> Plot[Evaluate[f[x]], {x,Xa,Xb}]
>
>(*------
> I am using:
>In[39]:= $Version
>Out[39]= Solaris 3.0 (November 22, 1996)
>
>In[2]:= $Version
>Out[2]= SPARC 2.2 (February 5, 1994)
>
> Using the option PlotPoints does not improve too much the plot. Try
> for instance:
> Plot[Evaluate[f[x]], {x,Xa,Xb}, PlotPoints -> 100]
>
> Regards,
> Sergio
> E-mail: sergio at scisun.sci.ccny.cuny.edu ------*)
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Sergio:
The full line is constructed but Mathematica decides only to show the
later part (this is a feature)
Plot[f[x], {x,Xa,Xb}]
To make it show all you can use one of the following
Show[%,PlotRange->All]
Plot[f[x], {x,Xa,Xb}, PlotRange->All]
Allan
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