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RE: Show graphics command

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  • Subject: [mg40382] RE: [mg40347] Show graphics command
  • From: David.Annetts at csiro.au
  • Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 01:44:06 -0500 (EST)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Hi Nathan,

> Here's a pet peeve.  Often when I combine several graphics 
> objects with
> the show command I get a bunch of extraneous plots.  Suppose 
> I have a list
> of {x,y} pairs (named "data") and a fit function f[x] and I 
> want to show
> them together.  The easiest way to do this is with the command,
> 
> Show[ListPlot[data],Plot[f[x],{x,0,Xo}]
> 
> When I execute this I get 3 plots, ListPlot[data], the Plot[f[x]], and
> then the tro combined.  How can I have the front end suppress 
> the first
> two plots?  (this "error" is especially annoying when I'm 
> plotting 7 or 8
> lists together)

Why not try
	p1 = ListPlot[dta, DisplayFunction->Identity];
	p2 = Plot[f[x], DisplayFunction->Identity];
	p3 = Show[p1, p2, DisplayFunction->$DisplayFunction];

You might also want to try looking at the help for DisplayTogether and
DisplayTogetherArray ...

Regards,

Dave.
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