Questions tagged [pgfmathparse]
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Defining math functions
\documentclass[aspectratio=1610]{beamer}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\def\function(#1){ 96* (#1)-16 *(#1)^2 }
%1. I am trying to condense the following two lines
\pgfmathparse{3+\...
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Include negative value in sum/total value in stacked bar chart
I have a stacked bar chart that looks like this.
However, I'm trying to include the negative values (ninth column in the datatable) into the total value on the stacked bar chart so that in the end ...
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Stacked bar chart, nodes near coords remove small values and show sum
I know it is possible to have only the sum shown on top of the bar chart and remove the other values in the stacked bar chart (as shown in picture attached), but I can't figure out what went wrong in ...
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pgfmath: Function for strings and numbers?
Is there a pgfmath-function for something like
?
\documentclass[]{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{array}
\begin{document}
\def\myarray{{1,0,"-1","a"}}
\foreach \i in {0,...,3}{\pgfmathparse{\...
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\pgfmathsetmacro creates “Dimensions too large” for t distribution
I am trying to plot 't' distribution with area of interest shaded. I have done both plotting and sharing area. Next tried to draw vertical lines closing the shaded area on both sides. For this, I need ...
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Problem with `\pgfmathresult pt = 1 pt` when forming xticklabel (very large values)
I'm having difficulties with the comparison \pgfmathresult pt = 1 pt . A complete example, with a situation in which it works, and a second one that doesn't (both in the x-axis):
\documentclass{...
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TikZ PGF - Minus sign being interpreted as a unit of measure
I'm trying to write a macro that draws a number line given a number of tick marks to use. However, there are a couple of spots in the code where I try to do arithmetic using the argument of the ...
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Coordinate calculation with TikZ
I need to draw some plots with vertical lines from the x axis to the function. For example, I defined the gauss(x) function for the normal distribution and I drew this plot, with a vertical line from (...
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! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [main memory size=5000000]. for foreach
I was blocked on this point, I'm going to compile a code in which I'm using the command foreach:
\pgfmathtruncatemacro{\iar}{{\RodLength*\iBngle/180}}%L=\iBngle*x=\RodLength*\iBngle/360%360 ou 180 ...
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Error trying to parse with \pgfmathparse
I'm trying to evaluate the following expression with \pgfmathparse, but I get error messages:
\pgfmathparse{\sqrt{{5.8186/{\pi}}}}\pgfmathresult\
Any idea why?
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Calling pgf rand inside pgfmathsetmacro creates extra text
I am using pgf and tikz for some latex questions. The code below illustrates a problem I am facing: when I use the rand function from pgf inside a pgfmathsetmacro I get some extra text at the ...
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How to Draw Horizontal Line in tikzpicture
I am trying to draw a dotted line from a defined function value to the x-axis in order to "close off" a shaded area below the curve. Because I defined a function in order to be plotted, I don't know ...
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Computing color for a mesh using the parametric coordinates
Question: Is there a way to use the parametric parameters (instead of the absolute x and y) inside the mathparse used to calculate the color of a surf?
Motivation: The function I have to plot has a ...
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pgfmathparse in foreach, use result as node coordinates
I'm trying to use a counter inside a TikZ picture, and use values resulting on calculations with this counter. Let's say for instance, I want i to be ranging from 0 to 9, j to be i*5 and k to be i*10. ...
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Drawing a graph with pgfmathparse+matrix
I want to draw a graph. I use tikz matrix to draw the vertices, and then would like to add edges from an array. I tried the following code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz,pgfmath}
\...
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pgfmathparse does not correctly parse zero left-padded integers?
I am currently trying to realize a slightly complicated graphic, wherein I have a bunch files all named with the value of a certain parameter, represented by its left-padded value. Namely, I have:
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For each loop showing decimal point when I don't want it to
My Code is:
\documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[timeSlot/.style={draw, rectangle, minimum size =1cm}]
\foreach [count=\x] [evaluate=\x as \xx ...
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pgfmathparse basic usage
Please, what I'm doing wrong in this test:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\pgfmathparse{10*2}
\node at (4,-5) {$2 \cdot 10 = \pgfmathresult$};
\end{...
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How to calculate many coordinates inside pgfplots axis in a clever way?
What I want is
which could be drawn by the following code.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.13}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[xmin=...
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Why is this small example not working any more when using pgfmathparse?
The following small example worked until \pgfmathparse{\myvalue+1}\pgfmathresult was added instead of just 1. I am not getting any error message, the compiling process just doesn't end. This is the ...
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Math with TikZ Strange Behaviour
I am working on a Tikz figure, which uses the sin and cos functions.
Currently I use a Python script to compute the six function parameters, which are given to the Tikz "g" function, as shown below:
\...
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pgfplots: Problem with ticks in logarithmic scale - math parse error [closed]
Why do I get the error
! Package PGF Math Error: Could not parse input '0.005,0.0005' as a floating po
int number, sorry. The unreadable part was near ',0.0005'..
when pdflatexing the following ...
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Parsing input for table automatically generated from csv file
I have a .csv file which looks like:
{one},{two},{three}
11/07/2014,14:49:54,(100,100)
2,2,2
I have some code which creates a table from the .csv file.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{...
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avoid logarithm of zero in pgfmathparse conditional assignment
How can i avoid the error message ! Package PGF Math Error: I cannot calculate the logarithm of '0' (in ' 0>1 ? ln(0) : 0'). in the following code?
If possible, i want to evaluate the statement ...
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\ifthenelse with inequalities and expressions, using \pgfmathparse
I'm trying to write a function that draws a matrix with a some ones (in black) and zeros (white) in it with a certain pattern to the distribution of ones and zeros. I want to draw ones, only if they ...
