Re: Question about Manipulate
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- Subject: [mg122760] Re: Question about Manipulate
- From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:50:12 -0500 (EST)
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Due to variable "scope", the a and b mentioned outside Manipulate is not the same as the a and b mentioned INSIDE Manipulate. They don't even have the same names, even though they appear to. Bobby On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:24:44 -0600, mailcwc at gmail.com <mailcwc at gmail.com> wrote: > I tried the following code in Mathematica 8.0 > > Clear["Global`*"] > f = Sin[a x + b] > Manipulate[Plot[f, {x, 0, 4 \[Pi]}], {a, 0.5, 2}, {b, 0, 2 \[Pi]}] > > The Manipulate block is showed, but the Sin function is not plotted. > > When I replace f in the third line with its definition, > > Clear["Global`*"] > Manipulate[ Plot[Sin[a x + b], {x, 0, 4 \[Pi]}], {a, 0.5, 2}, {b, 0, 2 > \[Pi]}] > > The Sin function is plotted. > > Is this a bug or a limitation in Mathematica? > -- DrMajorBob at yahoo.com
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