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Re: machine-size problem again?

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  • Subject: [mg37509] Re: [mg37474] machine-size problem again?
  • From: Vladimir Bondarenko <vvb at mail.strace.net>
  • Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 03:30:37 -0500 (EST)
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  • Reply-to: Vladimir Bondarenko <vvb at mail.strace.net>
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Wen-Feng Hsiao wfhsiao at libra.seed.net.tw wrote on Friday, November 01, 2002, 2:42:39 AM :

WFH> I have a trouble in plotting e^x.
WFH> Plot[e^x, {x, 1, 4}]

WFH> It keeps telling me:
WFH> e^x is not a machine-size real number at x = 1.000000125
WFH> e^x is not a machine-size real number at x = 1.1217009747187472
WFH> e^x is not a machine-size real number at x = 1.2544263995781209;

WFH> Even I have added the modifier "Evaluate".
WFH> Plot[Evaluate[e^x], {x, 1, 4}]
WFH> The output is the same.

Please use E (capital) instead of e to denote
the base of natural logarithms. Alternatively,
you may wish to use Exp[z] instead of E^z

Thus,

   Plot[{E^x, Exp[5x/4]}, {x, 1, 4}]

works right.


Best wishes,

Vladimir Bondarenko
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