Re: new behavior of Plot
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- Subject: [mg78563] Re: new behavior of Plot
- From: Helen Read <hpr at together.net>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 05:37:54 -0400 (EDT)
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Selwyn Hollis wrote:
> Apologies if this has been mentioned here before and I missed it, but
> I just accidently discovered that Mathematica 6 has squashed one of
> the top three FAQs of all time.
>
> This now works without using Evaluate:
>
> fns = Table[Cos[x - c], {c, -1, 1, .2}];
> Plot[fns, {x, -5, 5}]
>
> So does this, but all the curves are drawn with the same color:
>
> Plot[Table[Cos[x - c], {c, -1, 1, .2}], {x, -5, 5}]
This gets different colors.
Plot[Evaluate[Table[Cos[x - c], {c, -1, 1, .2}]], {x, -5, 5}]
> This is all rather mysterious, since Plot still has the attribute
> HoldAll.
>
> Can anyone explain?
--
Helen Read
University of Vermont
- References:
- Re: Graphics package in v6
- From: Helen Read <hpr@together.net>
- RE: Re: Graphics package in v6
- From: "Jaccard Florian" <Florian.Jaccard@he-arc.ch>
- Re: Graphics package in v6