Article: 57218 of comp.sys.newton.misc Path: samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!news.walltech.com!HSNX.wco.com!hub.org!news-feed.inet.tele.dk!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newstand.syr.edu!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!ddd1 From: ddd1@cornell.edu (David DeMello) Newsgroups: comp.sys.newton.misc Subject: Re: Calculations in NewtWorks Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 23:16:46 -0400 Organization: Cornell University Lines: 47 Sender: ddd1@cornell.edu (Verified) Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: pg2041.clarityconnect.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.4.0 Right, if you haven't read the manual, you can get pretty frustrated trying to graph something simple like y=sin(x), which at first blush is a perfectly reasonable guess for a likely equation framed in a very familiar syntax. But the calculation staionary doesn't know what your talking about and wonders what a y is. Instead, you have to frame the left hand as function of some variable and define the function on the right hand. If you type f(x)=sin(x) and, with the cursor positioned somewhere within that expression, type cmd-g, the function will be graphed with the y axis showing values of f(x) for values in the x axis. If you type cmd-opt-g, then it will graph using polar coordinates, so, for example, typing cmd-opt-g while the cursor is positioned in the expression, f(x)=4, will produce the graph of a circle with radius 4. There are several built-in functions and you can define your own as well. As far as I know, you can't graph inequalities, which is too bad since they are some of the most beautiful and fun. There is also support for something called "parameterized functions," but I must confess that I haven't the slightest idea what they're talking about. David In article , hardy@catamount.com (Hardy Macia) wrote: > Has anyone created any test graphs in the Calculation paper of NewtWorks > that they would like to share. Or could someone give a short tutorial on > how to create a graph. > > It is probably easier to do than I am making it out to be, but I can't > figure out how to make a graph. > > I have't read the manual, but I flipped thru for an example and didn't find one. > > Hardy > > -- > Hardy Macia * Catamount Software * Newton Software Development > (802) 372-9512 * hardy@catamount.com * > ** Aloha, PocketMoney, MPG, and more...see web site for full list ** > ** new >> MORGAN - the Newton Media ORGANizer << new ** > _____________________________________________________________________ > "That government is best which governs least" - Henry David Thoreau > Libertarian Party