Re: A Question About Directive
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- Subject: [mg111115] Re: A Question About Directive
- From: Helen Read <hpr at together.net>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:10:45 -0400 (EDT)
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- Reply-to: HPR <read at math.uvm.edu>
On 7/20/2010 3:45 AM, Murray Eisenberg wrote:
> In some situations, using Directive[opt1,opt2] instead of {opt1,opt2}
> can make code easier to read by avoiding nested parentheses.
>
> Compare, for example:
>
> Plot[{Sin[x],Cos[x]},{x,0,Pi},PlotStyle->
> {Directive[Thick,Red],Directive[Thick,Dashed,Blue]}]
>
> Plot[{Sin[x], Cos[x]}, {x, 0, Pi},
> PlotStyle -> {{Thick, Red}, {Thick, Dashed, Blue}}]
I have run into examples where I simply can't get things to work the way
I want without Directive, but of course I can't come up with one this
morning....
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Helen Read
University of Vermont