Re: Substitution ignored?
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg48745] Re: Substitution ignored?
- From: Bill Rowe <readnewsciv at earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 23:33:35 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
On 6/11/04 at 11:59 PM, Jos.Lastname at Companyname.com (Jos R
Bergervoet) wrote:
>Why is the following going wrong?
>
>f = x^2
>Plot[{ f, f /. x->x-1 }, {x,0,2}] (* Identical functions plotted !!! *)
This is due to the non-standard way Plot evaluates its arguments. What happens is Plot substitutes a numeric value for x before the rule is applied. Of course, when this happens there is no match and it is as if there were no rule at all. If you force evaluation of the expression before Plot substitutes a numeric value for x, i.e., do Plot[Evaluatate@{f,f/.x->x-1},{x,0,2}] then you will get the two curves you expect.
>g = f /. x->x-1
>Plot[{f, g}, {x,0,2}] (* OK, different functions plotted *)
And this works because it evaluates f/.x->x-1 before Plot assigns numeric values.
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