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Re: Plot boundaries not respected

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  • Subject: [mg82984] Re: Plot boundaries not respected
  • From: David Reiss <dbreiss at gmail.com>
  • Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 03:39:48 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <fgmqi1$a4c$1@smc.vnet.net>

Mathematica makes a guess as to the "sensible" range to plot thereby
avoiding attempts to plot functions with infinite range or worse.  The
optoin PlotRange allows you to take full control:

Plot[Exp[x], {x, -10, 2}, PlotRange -> All]

Hope this helps...

--David
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On Nov 5, 5:16 am, "Bert Aerts (rm x)" <bert.aer... at advalvasx.be>
wrote:
> When I type the following in Mathematica 6.0.1 Linux x86_64 version
> Plot[Exp[x], {x, -10, 2}]
> I get a plot to y-axis value 2.2 in stead of Exp[2]=7.4
> Why are the plot boundaries not respected?




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