Re: Clever Tricky Solutions
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- Subject: [mg94172] Re: Clever Tricky Solutions
- From: dimitris <dimmechan at yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 06:16:23 -0500 (EST)
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On 5 =C4=E5=EA, 12:30, DrMajorBob <btre... at austin.rr.com> wrote: > px1 = Plot[1/2 Sin[3.14 x], {x, 1, 2}, AxesOrigin -> {0, 0}]; > px2 = Plot[Sin[3.14 x], {x, 0, 1}, AxesOrigin -> {0, 0}]; > Show[px1, px2, PlotRange -> All] > > > to use fashion. But the end result is, since most people don't have = the > > time or patience to go through this mind numbing exercise to get a > > simple job done, they will use Mathematica only when all other packages= > > fail to deliver what they need. > > So they'll get to Mathematica almost instantly. No problem. > > Bobby > > On Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:13:56 -0600, Donald DuBois <don... at comcast.net> = > wrote: > > > > > Here is a simple example of why more people don't use Mathematica. > > > px1 = Plot[1/2 Sin[3.14 x ], {x, 1, 2 }, AxesOrigin -> {0, 0}] > > > px2 = Plot[Sin[3.14 x ], {x, 0, 1 }, AxesOrigin -> {0, 0}] > > > Show[px1, px2] does NOT show both graphs. > > > There are multiple steps that the user might go through > > that may help. A list below in the order that I think most people wh= o > > are not Mathematica aficionados would use: > > > (1) Go to the Show Help page which is no help at all. > > > (2) Do Options[Show] which produces {}. > > > (3) Digging a little further, you have to realize the px1 and px2 are = > > Graphics objects and that Show inherits these options so do a > > Options[Graphics]. After playing around with the different options = > > starting with the word "Axes" [since the problem seems to be the axes i= n > > the positive half of the graph are missing] you hit upon PlotRange->All= > > does the trick. > > > I'm sure there are reasons why Show does not work in an intuitive, easy= > > to use fashion. But the end result is, since most people don't have = the > > time or patience to go through this mind numbing exercise to get a > > simple job done, they will use Mathematica only when all other packages= > > fail to deliver what they need. Not a good way of expanding the user= > > base, in my opinion. Clever, tricky solutions are no solutions at al= l. > > -- > DrMajor... at longhorns.com I totally agree!!! Dimitris
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- Clever Tricky Solutions
- From: Donald DuBois <donabc@comcast.net>
- Clever Tricky Solutions