Re: Plot Table of functions does not distinguish colors
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- Subject: [mg102703] Re: Plot Table of functions does not distinguish colors
- From: "M.Roellig" <markus.roellig at googlemail.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:55:19 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <h6duj1$h9f$1@smc.vnet.net>
Hi,
It is explained in the documentation that
Plot[f,{x,xmin,xmax}] has attribute HoldAll, and evaluates f only
after assigning specific
numerical values to x, so Plot only sees a single function as
argument, since the HoldAll initially prevents the Table function to
set up the list of functions.
Use Evaluate:
Plot[Evaluate@Table[Sin[n x], {n, 1, 3, 1}], {x, 0, 2 Pi}, PlotRange -
> All,
PlotStyle -> Thick]
Cheers,
Markus
On Aug 18, 12:08 pm, fd <fdi... at gmail.com> wrote:
> All, this seems like a simple question, but when I want to create a
> table with different function as in the example
>
> Plot[Table[Sin[n x], {n, 1, 3, 1}], {x, 0, 2 Pi}, PlotRange -> All,
> PlotStyle -> Thick]
>
> I get all three plots with the same color. If I instead write the
> table manually
>
> Plot[{Sin[x], Sin[2 x], Sin[3 x]}, {x, 0, 2 Pi},PlotStyle->Thick]
>
> This gives a different plot with a different color for each plot.
>
> Can anyone shed some light on why this behavior?
>
> Best