Re: PlotStyle will not distribute over Table
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg96659] Re: PlotStyle will not distribute over Table
- From: Kresimir Kumericki <kkumer at calculon.phy.hr>
- Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:34:50 -0500 (EST)
- References: <gngk0g$jj0$1@smc.vnet.net>
Thank you for your answers, but unfortunately I
oversimplified my problem:
> Plot[Table[Sin[a x], {a, 1, 2}], {x, 0, Pi},
> PlotStyle -> {Hue[0.7], Hue[1]}]
>
> will have both lines with red color, while
Namely, "Sin[a x]" above is actually a MathLink-ed function
evaluated in Fortran for some value of x, and what's
worse, this Fortran in the middle of evaluation calls
back Mathematica and asks about the value of global
variable parameter "par" which should be set equal to "a"
before evaluation. I think this behaviour is equivalent
to Mathematica function, e.g.,
fun[x_?NumericQ] := Sin[par x]
Thus, what I originally had as an argument of Table[]
instead of "Sin[a x]" above was
(par = a; fun[x])
Then I cannot put Evaluate[] around Table because only the
last value for par=a would be used in evaluation of all functions.
In the meantime I have solved the problem by using auxiliary
function, which serves only to break this whole evaluation in
two steps:
aux[f_, a_, x_?NumericQ] := (par = a; f[x])
Plot[Evaluate[Table[aux[fun, a, x], {a, 2}]], {x, 0, Pi},
PlotStyle -> {Hue[0.7], Hue[1]}]
I don't know if this is the most elegant solution, but
it works for me.
Kresimir