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Reputation: 76

addplot: set default domain

In pgfplots, when plotting a function, the default domain in -5:5. I would like to set this to be xmin:xmax by default. Is there a way to do this? In other words, I would like to be able to write

\addplot {x^2};

instead of

\addplot[domain=xmin:xmax] {x^2};

To be more specific, here is a MWE of what I look for (and does not work):

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{domain = min:max}
\begin{document}

    \centering
    \begin{tikzpicture}
        \begin{axis}[xmin=-10, xmax=10, xlabel = $x$, ylabel = {$f(x) = x^2$}]
            \addplot{x^2};
        \end{axis}
    \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3395

Answers (1)

M. Al Jumaily
M. Al Jumaily

Reputation: 973

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}

%What you really need!
\newcommand\Min{-10}
\newcommand\Max{10}
\pgfplotsset{domain = \Min : \Max}

\begin{document}
    \centering
    \begin{tikzpicture}%x^2
        \begin{axis}[xlabel = $x$, ylabel = {$f(x) = x^2$}]
            \addplot{x^2};
        \end{axis}
    \end{tikzpicture}

    \begin{tikzpicture}%-(x^2)
        \begin{axis}[xlabel = $x$, ylabel = {$f(x) = -(x^2)$}]
            \addplot{-x^2};
        \end{axis}
    \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Output

Upvotes: 2

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