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I want to invoke g(f(x)) which is equal to x actually. However the following does not compile in PostScript stage (I think). Could you fix it? I am not asking how to plot y=x but how to invoke the composition function g(f(x)).



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documentclass[pstricks,border=12pt]{standalone}
usepackage{pst-plot}
deff(#1){((#1-2)/(2*(#1)+1))}% y=f(x)
defg(#1){((2+#1)/(1-2*(#1)))}% y=g(x) in which g is the inverse of f.

begin{document}
begin{pspicture}[algebraic](-4,-4)(6,6)
psaxes{->}(0,0)(-4,-4)(5.5,5.5)[$x$,0][$y$,90]
psset{linecolor=blue,linewidth=2pt}
psplot{-4}{5}{g(f(x))}
end{pspicture}
end{document}









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    Use deff#1{((#1-2)/(2*(#1)+1))} defg#1{((2+#1)/(1-2*(#1)))} and psplot{-4}{5}{g{f{x}}}, i.e. the usual curly braces instead of round ones. When you use deff(#1) you are using delimited arguments which have problems when you nest calls (like the [ and ] of optional arguments)
    – moewe
    Nov 18 at 5:53








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    It is the same situation as for begin{lstlisting}[language={[LaTeX]TeX}]. The inner [...] have to be braced.
    – Herbert
    Nov 18 at 8:47












  • @Herbert: I found a bug in pstTriangle. It cannot accept Rand. For example: pstTriangle(0,0){A}(3,4){B}(!.5 Rand sub 10 mul 3){C} does not compile.
    – Artificial Stupidity
    Nov 21 at 19:20






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    tx@Dict begin Rand end
    – Herbert
    Nov 21 at 21:07










  • @Herbert: Th anks.
    – Artificial Stupidity
    Nov 22 at 6:17















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I want to invoke g(f(x)) which is equal to x actually. However the following does not compile in PostScript stage (I think). Could you fix it? I am not asking how to plot y=x but how to invoke the composition function g(f(x)).



MWE



documentclass[pstricks,border=12pt]{standalone}
usepackage{pst-plot}
deff(#1){((#1-2)/(2*(#1)+1))}% y=f(x)
defg(#1){((2+#1)/(1-2*(#1)))}% y=g(x) in which g is the inverse of f.

begin{document}
begin{pspicture}[algebraic](-4,-4)(6,6)
psaxes{->}(0,0)(-4,-4)(5.5,5.5)[$x$,0][$y$,90]
psset{linecolor=blue,linewidth=2pt}
psplot{-4}{5}{g(f(x))}
end{pspicture}
end{document}









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    Use deff#1{((#1-2)/(2*(#1)+1))} defg#1{((2+#1)/(1-2*(#1)))} and psplot{-4}{5}{g{f{x}}}, i.e. the usual curly braces instead of round ones. When you use deff(#1) you are using delimited arguments which have problems when you nest calls (like the [ and ] of optional arguments)
    – moewe
    Nov 18 at 5:53








  • 1




    It is the same situation as for begin{lstlisting}[language={[LaTeX]TeX}]. The inner [...] have to be braced.
    – Herbert
    Nov 18 at 8:47












  • @Herbert: I found a bug in pstTriangle. It cannot accept Rand. For example: pstTriangle(0,0){A}(3,4){B}(!.5 Rand sub 10 mul 3){C} does not compile.
    – Artificial Stupidity
    Nov 21 at 19:20






  • 1




    tx@Dict begin Rand end
    – Herbert
    Nov 21 at 21:07










  • @Herbert: Th anks.
    – Artificial Stupidity
    Nov 22 at 6:17













up vote
7
down vote

favorite









up vote
7
down vote

favorite











I want to invoke g(f(x)) which is equal to x actually. However the following does not compile in PostScript stage (I think). Could you fix it? I am not asking how to plot y=x but how to invoke the composition function g(f(x)).



MWE



documentclass[pstricks,border=12pt]{standalone}
usepackage{pst-plot}
deff(#1){((#1-2)/(2*(#1)+1))}% y=f(x)
defg(#1){((2+#1)/(1-2*(#1)))}% y=g(x) in which g is the inverse of f.

begin{document}
begin{pspicture}[algebraic](-4,-4)(6,6)
psaxes{->}(0,0)(-4,-4)(5.5,5.5)[$x$,0][$y$,90]
psset{linecolor=blue,linewidth=2pt}
psplot{-4}{5}{g(f(x))}
end{pspicture}
end{document}









share|improve this question













I want to invoke g(f(x)) which is equal to x actually. However the following does not compile in PostScript stage (I think). Could you fix it? I am not asking how to plot y=x but how to invoke the composition function g(f(x)).



MWE



documentclass[pstricks,border=12pt]{standalone}
usepackage{pst-plot}
deff(#1){((#1-2)/(2*(#1)+1))}% y=f(x)
defg(#1){((2+#1)/(1-2*(#1)))}% y=g(x) in which g is the inverse of f.

begin{document}
begin{pspicture}[algebraic](-4,-4)(6,6)
psaxes{->}(0,0)(-4,-4)(5.5,5.5)[$x$,0][$y$,90]
psset{linecolor=blue,linewidth=2pt}
psplot{-4}{5}{g(f(x))}
end{pspicture}
end{document}






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    Use deff#1{((#1-2)/(2*(#1)+1))} defg#1{((2+#1)/(1-2*(#1)))} and psplot{-4}{5}{g{f{x}}}, i.e. the usual curly braces instead of round ones. When you use deff(#1) you are using delimited arguments which have problems when you nest calls (like the [ and ] of optional arguments)
    – moewe
    Nov 18 at 5:53








  • 1




    It is the same situation as for begin{lstlisting}[language={[LaTeX]TeX}]. The inner [...] have to be braced.
    – Herbert
    Nov 18 at 8:47












  • @Herbert: I found a bug in pstTriangle. It cannot accept Rand. For example: pstTriangle(0,0){A}(3,4){B}(!.5 Rand sub 10 mul 3){C} does not compile.
    – Artificial Stupidity
    Nov 21 at 19:20






  • 1




    tx@Dict begin Rand end
    – Herbert
    Nov 21 at 21:07










  • @Herbert: Th anks.
    – Artificial Stupidity
    Nov 22 at 6:17














  • 2




    Use deff#1{((#1-2)/(2*(#1)+1))} defg#1{((2+#1)/(1-2*(#1)))} and psplot{-4}{5}{g{f{x}}}, i.e. the usual curly braces instead of round ones. When you use deff(#1) you are using delimited arguments which have problems when you nest calls (like the [ and ] of optional arguments)
    – moewe
    Nov 18 at 5:53








  • 1




    It is the same situation as for begin{lstlisting}[language={[LaTeX]TeX}]. The inner [...] have to be braced.
    – Herbert
    Nov 18 at 8:47












  • @Herbert: I found a bug in pstTriangle. It cannot accept Rand. For example: pstTriangle(0,0){A}(3,4){B}(!.5 Rand sub 10 mul 3){C} does not compile.
    – Artificial Stupidity
    Nov 21 at 19:20






  • 1




    tx@Dict begin Rand end
    – Herbert
    Nov 21 at 21:07










  • @Herbert: Th anks.
    – Artificial Stupidity
    Nov 22 at 6:17








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2




Use deff#1{((#1-2)/(2*(#1)+1))} defg#1{((2+#1)/(1-2*(#1)))} and psplot{-4}{5}{g{f{x}}}, i.e. the usual curly braces instead of round ones. When you use deff(#1) you are using delimited arguments which have problems when you nest calls (like the [ and ] of optional arguments)
– moewe
Nov 18 at 5:53






Use deff#1{((#1-2)/(2*(#1)+1))} defg#1{((2+#1)/(1-2*(#1)))} and psplot{-4}{5}{g{f{x}}}, i.e. the usual curly braces instead of round ones. When you use deff(#1) you are using delimited arguments which have problems when you nest calls (like the [ and ] of optional arguments)
– moewe
Nov 18 at 5:53






1




1




It is the same situation as for begin{lstlisting}[language={[LaTeX]TeX}]. The inner [...] have to be braced.
– Herbert
Nov 18 at 8:47






It is the same situation as for begin{lstlisting}[language={[LaTeX]TeX}]. The inner [...] have to be braced.
– Herbert
Nov 18 at 8:47














@Herbert: I found a bug in pstTriangle. It cannot accept Rand. For example: pstTriangle(0,0){A}(3,4){B}(!.5 Rand sub 10 mul 3){C} does not compile.
– Artificial Stupidity
Nov 21 at 19:20




@Herbert: I found a bug in pstTriangle. It cannot accept Rand. For example: pstTriangle(0,0){A}(3,4){B}(!.5 Rand sub 10 mul 3){C} does not compile.
– Artificial Stupidity
Nov 21 at 19:20




1




1




tx@Dict begin Rand end
– Herbert
Nov 21 at 21:07




tx@Dict begin Rand end
– Herbert
Nov 21 at 21:07












@Herbert: Th anks.
– Artificial Stupidity
Nov 22 at 6:17




@Herbert: Th anks.
– Artificial Stupidity
Nov 22 at 6:17










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The use of similar parameter text for f and g is what causes the problem here. The first occurrence of a (...) pair is used to extract the arguments. So, in



g(f(<x>))


passes the incomplete f(<x> as the argument to g. To get around this, brace the argument to avoid confusion:



enter image description here



documentclass{article}

usepackage{pst-plot}

deff(#1){((#1-2)/(2*(#1)+1))}% y=f(x)
defg(#1){((2+#1)/(1-2*(#1)))}% y=g(x) in which g is the inverse of f.

begin{document}

begin{pspicture}[algebraic](-4,-4)(6,6)
psaxes{->}(0,0)(-4,-4)(5.5,5.5)[$x$,0][$y$,90]
psset{linecolor=blue,linewidth=2pt}
psplot{-4}{5}{g({f(x)})}
end{pspicture}

end{document}





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    accepted










    The use of similar parameter text for f and g is what causes the problem here. The first occurrence of a (...) pair is used to extract the arguments. So, in



    g(f(<x>))


    passes the incomplete f(<x> as the argument to g. To get around this, brace the argument to avoid confusion:



    enter image description here



    documentclass{article}

    usepackage{pst-plot}

    deff(#1){((#1-2)/(2*(#1)+1))}% y=f(x)
    defg(#1){((2+#1)/(1-2*(#1)))}% y=g(x) in which g is the inverse of f.

    begin{document}

    begin{pspicture}[algebraic](-4,-4)(6,6)
    psaxes{->}(0,0)(-4,-4)(5.5,5.5)[$x$,0][$y$,90]
    psset{linecolor=blue,linewidth=2pt}
    psplot{-4}{5}{g({f(x)})}
    end{pspicture}

    end{document}





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      up vote
      10
      down vote



      accepted










      The use of similar parameter text for f and g is what causes the problem here. The first occurrence of a (...) pair is used to extract the arguments. So, in



      g(f(<x>))


      passes the incomplete f(<x> as the argument to g. To get around this, brace the argument to avoid confusion:



      enter image description here



      documentclass{article}

      usepackage{pst-plot}

      deff(#1){((#1-2)/(2*(#1)+1))}% y=f(x)
      defg(#1){((2+#1)/(1-2*(#1)))}% y=g(x) in which g is the inverse of f.

      begin{document}

      begin{pspicture}[algebraic](-4,-4)(6,6)
      psaxes{->}(0,0)(-4,-4)(5.5,5.5)[$x$,0][$y$,90]
      psset{linecolor=blue,linewidth=2pt}
      psplot{-4}{5}{g({f(x)})}
      end{pspicture}

      end{document}





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        The use of similar parameter text for f and g is what causes the problem here. The first occurrence of a (...) pair is used to extract the arguments. So, in



        g(f(<x>))


        passes the incomplete f(<x> as the argument to g. To get around this, brace the argument to avoid confusion:



        enter image description here



        documentclass{article}

        usepackage{pst-plot}

        deff(#1){((#1-2)/(2*(#1)+1))}% y=f(x)
        defg(#1){((2+#1)/(1-2*(#1)))}% y=g(x) in which g is the inverse of f.

        begin{document}

        begin{pspicture}[algebraic](-4,-4)(6,6)
        psaxes{->}(0,0)(-4,-4)(5.5,5.5)[$x$,0][$y$,90]
        psset{linecolor=blue,linewidth=2pt}
        psplot{-4}{5}{g({f(x)})}
        end{pspicture}

        end{document}





        share|improve this answer












        The use of similar parameter text for f and g is what causes the problem here. The first occurrence of a (...) pair is used to extract the arguments. So, in



        g(f(<x>))


        passes the incomplete f(<x> as the argument to g. To get around this, brace the argument to avoid confusion:



        enter image description here



        documentclass{article}

        usepackage{pst-plot}

        deff(#1){((#1-2)/(2*(#1)+1))}% y=f(x)
        defg(#1){((2+#1)/(1-2*(#1)))}% y=g(x) in which g is the inverse of f.

        begin{document}

        begin{pspicture}[algebraic](-4,-4)(6,6)
        psaxes{->}(0,0)(-4,-4)(5.5,5.5)[$x$,0][$y$,90]
        psset{linecolor=blue,linewidth=2pt}
        psplot{-4}{5}{g({f(x)})}
        end{pspicture}

        end{document}






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