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Re: switching axes in Plot?

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  • Subject: [mg96356] Re: switching axes in Plot?
  • From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
  • Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:36:18 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <gmu8qa$glt$1@smc.vnet.net>

Hi,

Show[Plot[{Cos[x], Sin[x], Sin[x]/x}, {x, 0, 8 Pi}] /.
   Line[pnts_] :> Line[Reverse /@ pnts], PlotRange -> All]

Regards
   Jens

John.Finnigan at csiro.au wrote:
> When using Plot to plot F[x] as a function of x, Mathematica automatically =
> assigns the independent variable x to the horizontal axis and the dependent=
>  variable F[x] to the horizontal.  I often want to switch this around so th=
> at the independent variable runs on the vertical axis and the dependent on =
> the horizontal.  I feel sure there ought to be a simple way to tell Plot to=
>  make this change but I have never found it and instead have resorted to co=
> nvoluted approaches.  Can anyone tell me what the simple trick is, if it ex=
> ists?
> Thanks
> John Finnigan
> 
> 


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