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Re: multiple plots from a list of parameters?

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  • Subject: [mg64491] Re: multiple plots from a list of parameters?
  • From: albert <awnl at arcor.de>
  • Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 05:35:59 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <dt6l0m$njq$1@smc.vnet.net>
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

1.156 wrote:

> Apparently I finally stumbled into a way to invert a function p[f,L] on
> which I recently posted. But after a lot of trying I can't seem to
> stumble my way into the next step. The code below works:
> 
> p[f_,L_] =: (defined)
> 
> result16 := FindRoot[p[f, L] == 1600, {f, 0.5}];
> result12 := FindRoot[p[f, L] == 1200, {f, 0.5}];
> result08 := FindRoot[p[f, L] == 800, {f, 0.5}];
> result04 := FindRoot[p[f, L] == 400, {f, 0.5}];
> 
> pL16 = Plot[f /. result16 // Evaluate, {L, 0.2, 10}]
> pL12 = Plot[f /. result12 // Evaluate, {L, 0.2, 10}]
> pL08 = Plot[f /. result08 // Evaluate, {L, 0.2, 10}]
> pL04 = Plot[f /. result04 // Evaluate, {L, 0.2, 10}]
> 
> Show[pL16,pL12,pL08,pL04]
> 
> I end up with 4 plots. Even I can tell this is crude and no way to do
> business.  I need to be able to use a list={1600,1200,800,400} and get
> these 4 (or n plots) plots done in less than n sets of statements. All
> my attempts to use the list fail. Can someone give me some syntax that
> will do this?  Many thanks, Rob

(just my dummy function for testing)
p[f_, L_] := f^2 + 20*Sin[L]; 


numbers = {400, 800, 1200, 1600}; 
result[n_, (L_)?NumericQ] := f /. FindRoot[p[f, L] == n, {f, 0.5}]; 
plot[n_] := Plot[result[n, L], {L, 0.2, 10}]; 
allplots = Map[plot,numbers]; 
Show[allplots];

If you are interested in the last combined plot only you could use instead:

allplots = Block[{$DisplayFunction=Identity},Map[plot,numbers]];
Show[allplots]

If you want to look at a single value:

result[800,0.76]

You will learn a lot of useful things if you look up everything you don't
understand in the help-browser :-)

albert 


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