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Re: Show[] applied to a Plot[] and a ListPlot[] ??

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  • Subject: [mg41042] Re: Show[] applied to a Plot[] and a ListPlot[] ??
  • From: bobhanlon at aol.com (Bob Hanlon)
  • Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 04:21:00 -0400 (EDT)
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data={{0,260.},{.25,218.},{.5,200.},{.75,212.},{1.,240.}};

a0=260.;a1=-188.;a2=-2.667;a3=384.;a4=-213.333;

f[x_]=a0+a1 x+a2 x^2+a3 x^3+a4 x^4;

The Epilog goes with the Plot and there is no need of the ListPlot

Plot[f[x],{x,0,1}, Epilog->
      {RGBColor[1,0,0],PointSize[0.025],Point/@data}];

Further, you wouldn't need this Epilog if using a ListPlot

b=ListPlot[data,PlotStyle->{RGBColor[1,0,0],PointSize[0.025]}];

With this ListPlot, Show will do what you expected

a=Plot[f[x],{x,0,1}];

Show[{a,b}];


Bob Hanlon

In article <b8lh7e$9cd$1 at smc.vnet.net>, "1.156" <rob at piovere.com> wrote:

<< Subject:	Show[] applied to a Plot[] and a ListPlot[] ??
From:		"1.156" <rob at piovere.com>
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Date:		Tue, 29 Apr 2003 09:38:54 +0000 (UTC)

First I start with a few measured data points:

data = {{0,260.}, {.25,218.},{.5,200.}, {.75,212.}, {1.,240.}};

(* I do some curve fitting/regression and I come up with a polynomial and I'd
like to see how the curve compares with the data *)

a0 = 260.; a1 = -188.; a2 = -2.667; a3 = 384.; a4 = -213.333.;

f[x_]= a0+ a1 x+ a2 x^2+ a3 x^3 +a4 x^4;

(* So I plot each of them, both look good to me. a plots the best fit curve and
b plots the data points with nice big red dots.  I got the b code from some
kind soul on this ng I think. Both plots are over a domain from 0 to 1 *)

a = Plot[f[x], {x, 0, 1}];
b=ListPlot[data,Epilog\[Rule]{RGBColor[1,0,0],PointSize[0.025],Point/@data}]

(* now that I see that both plots work, I do my usual and Show them together *)

Show[{a,b}]

But woe is me: I can see some of the b points as small black dots (not RED!),
and several I can't see at all next to the plain black plot of a. This seems to
work fine if both a and b are standard Plot[] functions but here I'm mixing
Plot[] and ListPlot[]
-- I'm definitely teasing the devil.

Can someone give me a hint how to make Mathematica Show[] reveal the nice big red dots
from a ListPlot in b while also displaying the Plot[] curve? >><BR><BR>


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