Dear All,
Aside from simulating data in a data step and then use a procedure such as PLOT, GPLOT, SGPLOT, etc. is there any way to graph a mathematical function (say y = x**2) by simply inputting the function and requesting a graph?
For me, the go-to method was the above, i.e. simulate the data first and then plot it, but I thought there might be some function out there (or something in either EG or IML Studio perhaps) that would do the trick.
Thank you for your input
@PGStats shows the usual method. Since you mentioned IML, I'm thinking that perhaps your function is defined by a function module? If so, you can use a similar approach from inside SAS/IML:
proc iml; start MyFunc(x); return( x##2 ); finish; t = do(-2, 2, 0.1); call series(t, MyFunc(t));
From inside SAS/IML Studio you can get an interactive plot by using
LinePlot.Create("function plot", t, MyFunc(t));
Took me about 30 seconds to write
data function;
do x = -1 to 4 by 0.05;
y = x**2;
output;
end;
run;
proc sgplot data=function;
series x=x y=y;
run;
and get a decent basic graph. SAS software (GTL, SG, SAS/GRAPH, even JMP) doesn't graph user-specified functions, only data.
Just to clear up a misconception, JMP will plot functions.
See the Formula Element in Graph Builder or for more flexibility the Y Function() in graphic scripting.
For functions in more than two dimensions the various Profilers in JMP offer the ultimate flexibility.
-Jeff
@PGStats shows the usual method. Since you mentioned IML, I'm thinking that perhaps your function is defined by a function module? If so, you can use a similar approach from inside SAS/IML:
proc iml; start MyFunc(x); return( x##2 ); finish; t = do(-2, 2, 0.1); call series(t, MyFunc(t));
From inside SAS/IML Studio you can get an interactive plot by using
LinePlot.Create("function plot", t, MyFunc(t));
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