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Re: Not a floating-point number message

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  • Subject: [mg17623] Re: Not a floating-point number message
  • From: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
  • Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 03:37:24 -0400
  • References: <7hgb9r$43q@smc.vnet.net>
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Extra square brackets have crept in:
Change
     f[x_]:=N[Pi^([Sin[2 x]]-[Cos[x^2]])];
To
    f[x_]:=N[Pi^(Sin[2 x]-Cos[x^2])];

Allan

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<rubgb at my-dejanews.com> wrote in message news:7hgb9r$43q at smc.vnet.net...
> Hi there:
> 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."
> 
> I have loaded the package Miscellaneous`RealOnly` and I have been able
> to plot f[x] using Hold  but I haven't been successful so far with the
> table :-((
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
> Thanks
> 
> 
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