Re: a question about plot a list of functions.
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- Subject: [mg58214] Re: a question about plot a list of functions.
- From: dh <dh at metrohm.ch>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 05:33:50 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi Zhou,
Plot does not evaluate its arguments automatically (Attribute: HoldAll).
Therefore, you must use Evaluate:
Plot[Evaluate[y],{x,0,10Pi}]
sincerely, Daniel
Zhou Jiang wrote:
> I defined a function as
>
> K=(2 r/(1-r^2))^2;
> y=1/(1+K (Sin[x])^2);
> y=y/.{r->{0.2,0.9,0.995}}
>
> Now the result is a list.
> I want to plot y vs. x in one figure and I did the following
>
> Plot[y, {x, 0, 10 Pi}];
>
> But Mathematica gave me an error.
> I changed it to
>
> Plot[{y[[1]], y[[2]], y[[3]]}, {x, 0, 10 Pi}];
>
> Mathematica gave me a correct plot. Can anyone give me some idea why the error message is given by Mathematica since y is a list and nothing is diffrent from {y[[1]], y[[2]], y[[3]]}?
>
> Thanks.
>
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