Fwd: plot3 plots surface rather than line

[Jake Michaelson]

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> From: Jake Michaelson <address@hidden>
> Date: September 28, 2005 9:59:52 AM MDT
> To: Przemek Klosowski <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: plot3 plots surface rather than line
>
> so how can we fix it so it will function as the help file describes?  I really need to get this working properly.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jake
>
> On Sep 28, 2005, at 9:30 AM, Przemek Klosowski wrote:
>
> > The help for plot3 says:
> >
> > usage: plot3 (x, y, z)
> > ...
> > If all arguments are vectors of the same length, a single line
> > is drawn in three space.
> >
> > but on my  2.1.71 it does something else: it treats the x,y,z vectors
> > as values of Z for three lines in the X-Y plane; in other words, it's
> > plot3(z1,z2,z3), showing a 3-by-length(z) carpet plot.
> >
> >
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