User Guide

The plot and plot3d Commands
The final method for creating plots is entering plotting commands.
The main advantages of using plotting commands are the availability of all
Maple plot structures and the greater control over the plot output. Plot options
are discussed in Customizing Plots (page 216).
Table 5.8: The plot and plot3d Commands
plot(plotexpression, x=a..b, ...)
plot3d(plotexpression, x=a..b, y=a..b, ...)
• plotexpression - expression to be plotted
• x=a..b - name and horizontal range
• y=a..b - name and vertical range
Maple commands from Creating Plots: Interactive Plot Builder
The following examples show the plotting commands returned by the ex-
amples in Interactive Plot Builder (page 191).
Example 1 - Display a plot of a single variable expression
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