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Re: Question about Manipulate

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  • Subject: [mg122795] Re: Question about Manipulate
  • From: Richard Hofler <rhofler at bus.ucf.edu>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:56:31 -0500 (EST)
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Hello,

If you really want to follow the steps you show in your original post, then you can make f a function.

Clear["Global`*"]
f[a_,b_]:=Sin[a x+b]
Manipulate[Plot[f[a,b],{x,0,4 \[Pi]}],{a,0.5,2},{b,0,2 \[Pi]}]

Richard

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Subject: [mg122795] Question about Manipulate

I tried the following code in Mathematica 8.0

Clear["Global`*"]
f = Sin[a x + b]
Manipulate[Plot[f, {x, 0, 4 \[Pi]}], {a, 0.5, 2}, {b, 0, 2 \[Pi]}]

The Manipulate block is showed, but the Sin function is not plotted.

When I replace f in the third line with its definition,

Clear["Global`*"]
Manipulate[ Plot[Sin[a x + b], {x, 0, 4 \[Pi]}], {a, 0.5, 2}, {b, 0, 2 \[Pi]}]

The Sin function is plotted.

Is this a bug or a limitation in Mathematica?




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