http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/41810-Plotting-Woes en-us 2026 Maplesoft, A Division of Waterloo Maple Inc. Maplesoft Document System Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:06:42 GMT Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:06:42 GMT The latest answers and comments added to the Question, Plotting Woes http://www.mapleprimes.com/images/mapleprimeswhite.jpg http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/41810-Plotting-Woes http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/41810-Plotting-Woes?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:Plotting Woes:Comments#answer78087 The only way I can think of creating a plot of <maple>y=m*x+b</maple> without actually telling Maple what m & b are, would be to create an animation defining m & b as interactive parameters within a specified range. <code>with(plots);</code> <code>interactiveparams(plot, [m*x+b, x = 0 .. 10, y = 0 .. 10], m = -5 .. 5, b = -5 .. 5);</code> This way, you can view the plot given different values of m & b. But, ultimately, you have to specify some value for these constants before a plot is displayed. I don't see how else Maple could deal with it. Anyone else have any ideas? I'm pretty curious myself! The only way I can think of creating a plot of <maple>y=m*x+b</maple> without actually telling Maple what m & b are, would be to create an animation defining m & b as interactive parameters within a specified range. <code>with(plots);</code> <code>interactiveparams(plot, [m*x+b, x = 0 .. 10, y = 0 .. 10], m = -5 .. 5, b = -5 .. 5);</code> This way, you can view the plot given different values of m & b. But, ultimately, you have to specify some value for these constants before a plot is displayed. I don't see how else Maple could deal with it. Anyone else have any ideas? I'm pretty curious myself! 78087 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:44:03 Z Nina Nina http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/41810-Plotting-Woes?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:Plotting Woes:Comments#answer78085 Thanks, I'll try that. respectfully, Thanks, I'll try that. respectfully, 78085 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 03:32:42 Z dcasimir dcasimir