Re: Where does the 'z' come from?
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- Subject: [mg105428] Re: [mg105406] Where does the 'z' come from?
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 06:26:25 -0500 (EST)
- Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net
z is the value of the function (Sin[x] Sin[y] in this case) for any given x and y. Bob Hanlon ---- Lawrence Teo <lawrenceteo at yahoo.com> wrote: ============= Mathematica v7.0 has this sample for ContourPlot[] ListContourPlot[ Table[Sin[x] Sin[y], {x, -3, 3, 0.1}, {y, -3, 3, 0.1}], ContourLabels -> Function[{x, y, z}, Text[Framed[z], {x, y}, Background -> White]]] Where does the z come from? Can I say that the x and y come from the iteration by Table[]? Is z an implicit variable? Thanks -- Bob Hanlon