Re: suppressing graph objects
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg60898] Re: [mg60890] suppressing graph objects
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
- Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 04:07:09 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
On 2 Oct 2005, at 14:54, Jack Goldberg wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Consider
>
> In[1] := Plot[ f[ x ], { x, a, b } ][[1,1,1,1]
>
> for some function f over a finite interval (a, b).
>
> Mathematica returns a graph and
>
> Out[1]= " a table of the form { x, f([x] } for various values of
> x. "
>
> I want the table but not the graph. How does one suppress the
> graph? (I have this nagging feeling that the answer is trivial - but
> it keeps slipping away.)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jack
>
>
I would use something like this
Block[{$DisplayFunction = Identity}, Flatten[Cases[
Plot[ f[x], { x, a, b } ], Line[x_] :> x, Infinity], 1]]
since in general extracting information by means of Part is unreliable.
Andrzej Kozlowski