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Re: Trouble Getting Graphic Primitives in a Module to Display with Show Command

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  • Subject: [mg125414] Re: Trouble Getting Graphic Primitives in a Module to Display with Show Command
  • From: David Bailey <dave at removedbailey.co.uk>
  • Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 03:03:24 -0500 (EST)
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On 12/03/2012 09:11, Kenneth Bures wrote:
> Clear[sketchEarthOrbit];
> sketchEarthOrbit[] :=
>    Module[{earth, sun, orbit},
>     earth =
>      Graphics[{ Disk[{-.7, .35}, 0.05], Text["Earth", {-.7, .45}] }];
>     sun = Graphics[{ Disk[{.3, 0}, 0.1], Text["Sun", {.3, .17}] }];
>     orbit = Graphics[{ Circle[{0, 0}, {1., .5}] }];
>     Show[orbit, sun, earth, AspectRatio ->  Automatic]
>     ];
> sketchEarthOrbit[];

If you remove the very last ; from the line sketchEarthOrbit[]; line, it 
will work!

The semicolon suppresses the output from the function call. The book was 
probably written prior to version 6, when graphics was organised in a 
slightly different way.

David Bailey
http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk





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