NAME

	fplot – plot elementary function

SYNOPSIS

	fplot [ –c [ –s size ]] [ –r range ] functions ...

DESCRIPTION

Fplot plots elementary functions separated by spaces. The default output is the screen, but if the –c option is specified, the plot is written to the standard output as an r8g8b8 image(6). The latter image size is either 640x480 or the one specified by the –s option's argument (in the WIDTHxHEIGHT format). The –r option accepts as argument the x and y ranges, in the format xmin:xmax ymin:ymax. By default fplot draws coordinate axes and tick marks; the –a option inhibits this. Each function to be plotted may be a combination of the independent variable x, the elementary operations (+, –, *, / and %), and the functions described in sin(2) and exp(2). The exception being that x^n raises x to the nth power, log is the base 10 logarithm, and ln is the natural logarithm.

EXAMPLES

	Plot the absolute value and x^3 functions to a 400x400 image(6) on standard output and view with page(1). fplot –c –s 400x400 'abs(x)' 'x^3' | page

SOURCE

	/sys/src/cmd/fplot.c

SEE ALSO

	exp(2), sin(2), image(6), plot(1).

DIAGNOSTICS

	Fplot either exits with syntax error or an empty status.

BUGS

	There is no unary plus or minus. Axes are not drawn in –c output.

HISTORY

	Fplot first appeared in 9front (July, 2011).