Re: PlotRange Trouble
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- Subject: [mg90482] Re: PlotRange Trouble
- From: dh <dh at metrohm.ch>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:38:20 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi Aaron, Plot Range is transformed into a machine number. Therefore, 10^-600 changed to zero. Daniel Aaron Fude wrote: > Hi, > > I may be wondering why I need this, but I do: > > ParametricPlot[{10^-600 z, z}, {z, 0, 100}, > PlotRange -> {{0, 10^-100}, {0, 100}}, AspectRatio -> 1] > > works perfectly, but > > ParametricPlot[{10^-600 z, z}, {z, 0, 100}, > PlotRange -> {{0, 10^-600}, {0, 100}}, AspectRatio -> 1] > > fails. What gives? > > Thanks, > > Aaron > > > The error message is: > > ParametricPlot::"prng" : "\"Value of option PlotRange -> \!\({{0, \ > \*FractionBox[\(1\), \(10000000000000000000 \[LeftSkeleton]560\ > \[RightSkeleton] 000000000000000000000\)]}, {0, 100}}\) is not All, \ > Full, Automatic, a positive machine number, or an appropriate list of > \ > range specifications.\"" > -- Daniel Huber Metrohm Ltd. Oberdorfstr. 68 CH-9100 Herisau Tel. +41 71 353 8585, Fax +41 71 353 8907 E-Mail:<mailto:dh at metrohm.com> Internet:<http://www.metrohm.com>