Re: problem plotting "N-d object"

[Ben Abbott]

On Feb 18, 2012, at 2:44 PM, CdeMills wrote:

> bpabbott wrote
> 
>> I'm not really concerned about buggy code accidentally triggering this
>> functionality. At the same time, if such a change is accepted, then it
>> needs to be documented and demos should be needed.
>> 
>> I'm not sure a new squeezable N-D array will do the job in a clean way.
>> Maybe I'm missing something? Are you thinking of overloading the plot
>> function?
> 
> Buggy code should trigger error messages ASAP. 
> 
> Now, I often run simulations and collate 1D and 2D matrices into 3D, where
> the third dim is the run number.  Auto-squeezing would be convenient, but I
> think we should have a flag to tell plot "I know my data are 3D, but please
> squeeze them." This way it is the INTENT to pass 3D data and have a 1D or 2D
> plot.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Pascal

Thats a good idea !

The plot function already accepts property name/value pairs. Is the syntax 
below ok ?

        plot (x, y, "-squeeze")

Since this feature may not be desired for all lines, the flag should only be 
applied to the line object proceeding it.

        plot (x1, y1, "-squeeze", x2, y2, "color", "r")

This would allow x1 and y1 to be squeezed (if needed) and produce a blue solid 
line. The second line would not be squeezed and would produce a red solid line.

Look ok ?

Ben