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Re: Newbie Question -- Plot3d::plnc

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  • Subject: [mg52719] Re: [mg52698] Newbie Question -- Plot3d::plnc
  • From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
  • Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 05:21:11 -0500 (EST)
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You forgot the comma used to separate the arguments in the call to xtimesy

xtimesy[x_,y_]:=x*y;
Plot3D[xtimesy[x,y],{x,-5,5},{y,-5,5}];


Bob Hanlon

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> Date: 2004/12/09 Thu PM 08:23:12 EST
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> Subject: [mg52719] [mg52698] Newbie Question -- Plot3d::plnc
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> When I enter the following two statements into Mathematica 5:
> 
> xtimesy[x_, y_] := x*y;
> Plot3D[xtimesy[x y], {x, -5, 5}, {y, -5, 5}]
> 
> I receive a huge cascade of errors, all of this form:
> 
> Plot3D::plnc: xtimesy[x\y] is neither a machine-size real number at \
> {x,y}={-5.,-5.} nor a list of a real number and a valid color
> directive.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -Jake
> 
> 


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