Re: Not a floating-point number message
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg17609] Re: [mg17527] Not a floating-point number message
- From: "Tomas Garza" <tgarza at mail.internet.com.mx>
- Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 02:14:43 -0400
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
rubgb at my-dejanews.com wrote:
> I'm trying to plot the following Table using ListPlot:
>
> f[x_]:=N[Pi^([Sin[2 x]]-[Cos[x^2]])];
>
> dummyData=Table[{x,f[x]},{x,-5,5,0.5}];
>
> ListPlot[dummyData,PlotStyle\[Rule]PointSize[0.02]];
>
> I'm getting the following error message:
> Coordinate...in {...} is not a floating-point number."
It is surprising that you didn't get an error message after the definition
of f. The brackets [] wrapping the Sin and the Cos must be deleted. Once I
did that, the plot was obtained without any hitch.
Tomas Garza
Mexico City