Re: Help
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg92300] Re: Help
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 06:49:03 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
- References: <gbjmbb$3ah$1@smc.vnet.net>
Rui wrote:
> I'm new in Mathematica. I have version 6.0.3.0.
> I'm trying to create an animation or a plot, something simple. I found
> Animate[].
> I can make it work fine by doing something "like"
> Animate[Plot[Sin[34*x-2*t], {x, 0, 2*pi}], {t, 0, 5} ]
> But if i have my expression stored in a variable i can't...
> a = Sin[34*x-2*t];
> Animate[Plot[a, {x, 0, 2*pi}], {t, 0, 5} ]
> leaves the animation blank.
>
> I tries all variants I could think of and I always fail. I actually
> wanted to create several animations of expressions i have stored in a
> list, and I could do it one by one manually but I wanted to learn the
> proper way and I'm frustrated already. Any ideas?
Define 'a' as a *function* of the variables 'x' and 't'. Also, pay
attention to capitalization: pi is not Pi. For instance,
Clear[a]
a[a_, t_] := Sin[34*x - 2*t]
Animate[Plot[a[x, t], {x, 0, 2*Pi}], {t, 0, 5}]
Regards,
-- Jean-Marc