Re: Problem using Evaluate[] inside a Plot command. 5.1
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- Subject: [mg54254] Re: Problem using Evaluate[] inside a Plot command. 5.1
- From: "Carl K. Woll" <carlw at u.washington.edu>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 21:50:49 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: University of Washington
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Nasser,
Try putting Evaluate around the entire first argument of Plot, as in
Plot[ Evaluate[{t^2, OutputResponse[sys, UnitStep[t], t] }], {t, 0, 3},
PlotRange -> All]
Carl Woll
"Nasser Abbasi" <nma at 12000.org> wrote in message
news:cup5b7$drp$1 at smc.vnet.net...
>D Herring wrote:
>
>> Hi Nasser,
>>
>> Maybe Evaluate[OutputResponse[sys,UnitStep[t], t]] is returning a value
>> which needs to be Evaluate[]d again before it can be plotted?
>>
>> I've never had your problem (don't even have the control toolbox), but
>> maybe
>>
>> Plot[{t2, Evaluate[Evaluate[OutputResponse[sys,UnitStep[t], t]]]},
>> {t, 0, 3}, PlotRange -> All]
>>
>> might work?
>>
>> Your error message, "plot::plnr: .... is not a machine-size real
>> number at t=...." usually indicates the need to Evaluate[] one of the
>> Plot[] arguments.
>>
>> Good luck,
>> Daniel
>>
>
> Daniel;
>
> I tried your command above (You had a typo, 't2' should
> be 't^2' or just 't'), any way, it does not work either.
>
> I am sure this is a bug in Mathematica, either the kernel or the
> ControlSystems toolbox or the parser.
>
> It does not make sense for this command to work:
>
> Plot[ Evaluate[OutputResponse[sys, UnitStep[t], t]] ,
> {t, 0, 3}, PlotRange -> All]
>
> But if I now simply combine another function in the plot command,
> so to plot 2 functions together, it will now fail:
>
> Plot[ {t^2, Evaluate[OutputResponse[sys, UnitStep[t], t]] },
> {t, 0, 3}, PlotRange -> All]
> "plot::plnr: .... is not a machine-size real
>
>
> Why would the second example above fail but the first not fail?
>
> btw, the output from the OutputResponse[] is simply a list that
> contains a function of t, such as { Exp[t/2] Cos[t] }
>
> So, nothing too complicated here.
>
> bye,
> Nasser
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