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Re: Plot in a Do loop does nothing

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• Subject: [mg78245] Re: Plot in a Do loop does nothing
• From: "David Park" <djmpark at comcast.net>
• Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:16:24 -0400 (EDT)
• References: <f5qmft$475$1@smc.vnet.net>

Because Do produces no Output cells. In pre-Version 6 Mathematica, plots 
were a side effect and not Output cells. In Version 6 they are Output cells. 
The solution is to use Table instead of Do.

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David Park
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http://home.comcast.net/~djmpark/


"Tim Birks" <pystab at hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Can anyone please explain why the line:
> Do[Plot[Sin[x], {x, 0, 2*n*Pi}], {n, 1, 2}]
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> does nothing in Mathematica 6? Or, how else I can produce such a series of
> related plots? It worked fine in Mathematica 5!
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