Re: save a plot
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- Subject: [mg25195] Re: save a plot
- From: quizzik at yahoo.com (Thomas Anderson)
- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 21:24:39 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Stanford University
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> Basic question: Is there a way to save plots or just the points used to
> generate the plots such that I don't need to redo all the calculations or
> make a list of points myself ?
This has been a concern for me as well. I've found a couple of
inelegant
ways around the problem. The simplest thing to do, as far as I know, is
to
wrap the Graphics object in InputForm and save it in the notebook or in
an
Exported file:
In[1]:= p = Plot[...]
(graphic of the plot)
Out[1]= -Graphics-
In[2]:= InputForm[p]
Out[2]= Graphics[...]
When you need to read the graphics back into memory, just select the
output
and Copy and Paste it into an Input line, i.e.
In[3]:= p = (pasted Graphics code)
There are probably ways to do this more automatically, perhaps by
disabling
the Format rule for Graphics. The two-step method shown above has the
advantage of allowing you to collapse the cell that contains the
(generally
lengthy) Graphics[...] output while keeping the plot itself visible.
I'd be keenly interested in any better ways of dealing with this issue.
-Tom