Why Does AbsoluteOptions Not Tell about all Automatic?
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg24504] Why Does AbsoluteOptions Not Tell about all Automatic?
- From: Adalbert Hanssen <hanssen at Zeiss.de>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 03:01:44 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi, MathGroup,
according to the online help:
"AbsoluteOptions[expr] gives the absolute
settings of options specified in an
expression such as a graphics object.
AbsoluteOptions[expr, name] gives the
absolute setting for the option name.
AbsoluteOptions[expr, {name1, name2, ... }]
gives a list of the absolute settings for the
options namei.
AbsoluteOptions[object] gives the absolute
settings for options associated with an
external object such as a NotebookObject."
I have created a ContourGraphics and I want to
see the actual used values for options
which default to Automatic etc.
I use (Out[230] is the ContourGraphics Object):
AbsoluteOptions[%230]
and get
{... AxesOrigin -> Automatic, AxesStyle -> Automatic,
Background -> Automatic, ColorFunction -> Automatic, ...,
ColorOutput -> Automatic, ..., ContourStyle -> Automatic,
DefaultColor -> Automatic, ..., FrameStyle -> Automatic,
FrameTicks -> Automatic, ImageSize -> Automatic, ...
PlotRegion -> Automatic, ..., Ticks -> Automatic, ...
}
I put ...., where the options' settings were given.
Why this? I thought, AbsoluteOptions gives the actual
settings for options used internally by Mathematica
when the setting given is Automatic or All!
kind regards
Dipl.-Math. Adalbert Hanszen