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Plot [f,{x,xmin,xmax}]

generates a plot of f as a function of x from xmin to xmax.

Plot [{f1,f2,},{x,xmin,xmax}]

plots several functions fi.

Plot [{,w[fi],},]

plots fi with features defined by the symbolic wrapper w.

Plot [,{x}reg]

takes the variable x to be in the geometric region reg.

Details and Options
Details and Options Details and Options
Examples  
Basic Examples  
Scope  
Sampling  
Labeling and Legending  
Presentation  
Options  
AspectRatio  
Axes  
AxesLabel  
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AxesOrigin  
AxesStyle  
BaselinePosition  
ClippingStyle  
ColorFunction  
ColorFunctionScaling  
Epilog  
EvaluationMonitor  
Exclusions  
ExclusionsStyle  
Filling  
FillingStyle  
ImageSize  
LabelingSize  
MaxRecursion  
Mesh  
MeshFunctions  
MeshShading  
MeshStyle  
PerformanceGoal  
PlotHighlighting  
PlotInteractivity  
PlotLabel  
PlotLabels  
PlotLayout  
PlotLegends  
PlotPoints  
PlotRange  
PlotRangeClipping  
PlotStyle  
PlotTheme  
RegionFunction  
ScalingFunctions  
WorkingPrecision  
Applications  
Basic Applications  
Highlighting Discrete Function Features  
Highlighting Continuous Function Features  
Epigraph and Hypograph of a Function  
Complex-Valued Functions  
Equation Solutions  
Properties & Relations  
Neat Examples  
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Plot [f,{x,xmin,xmax}]

generates a plot of f as a function of x from xmin to xmax.

Plot [{f1,f2,},{x,xmin,xmax}]

plots several functions fi.

Plot [{,w[fi],},]

plots fi with features defined by the symbolic wrapper w.

Plot [,{x}reg]

takes the variable x to be in the geometric region reg.

Details and Options

Examples

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Basic Examples  (5)

Plot a function:

Plot several functions with a legend:

Label each curve:

Fill below a curve:

Fill between two curves:

Plot multiple filled curves, automatically using transparent colors:

Scope  (33)

Sampling  (10)

More points are sampled when the function changes quickly:

The plot range is selected automatically:

Ranges where the function becomes nonreal are excluded:

The curve is split when there are discontinuities in the function:

Use Exclusions->None to draw a connected curve:

Use PlotPoints and MaxRecursion to control adaptive sampling:

Use PlotRange to focus in on areas of interest:

The domain can be specified by a region:

Specify a domain using a MeshRegion :

Plot over an infinite domain:

Use ScalingFunctions to scale the axes:

Labeling and Legending  (11)

Label curves with Labeled :

Place the labels relative to the curves:

Label curves with PlotLabels :

Place the label near the curve at an value:

Use a scaled position:

Specify the text position relative to the point:

Label curves automatically with Callout :

Place a label with specific locations:

Include legends for each curve:

Use Legended to provide a legend for a specific curve:

Use Placed to change the legend location:

Curves usually have interactive callouts showing the coordinates when you mouse over them:

Including specific wrappers or interactions such as tooltips turns off the interactive features:

Choose from multiple interactive highlighting effects:

Use Highlighted to emphasize specific points in a plot:

Highlight multiple points:

Presentation  (12)

Multiple curves are automatically colored to be distinct:

Provide explicit styling to different curves:

Include a legend:

Add labels for the axes and overall plot:

Add labels for the curves:

Label positions along a curve:

Provide an interactive Tooltip for each curve:

Create filled plots:

Use a plot theme:

Create an overlay mesh:

Style the curve segments between mesh points:

Plot over an infinite domain with automatic ticks:

Show multiple curves in a row of separate panels:

Use a column instead of a row:

Use multiple rows or columns:

Options  (132)

AspectRatio  (1)

Choose the ratio of height to width from the actual plot values:

Axes  (2)

Draw no axes:

Draw the axis but no axis:

AxesLabel  (2)

Use labels based on variables specified in Plot :

Specify a label for each axis:

AxesOrigin  (2)

Determine where the axes cross automatically:

Specify the axes origin at the point :

AxesStyle  (3)

Change the style for the axes:

Specify the style of each axis:

Use different styles for the ticks and the axes:

Use different styles for the labels and the axes:

BaselinePosition  (1)

Align graphs by the axis in each plot:

ClippingStyle  (5)

Omit clipped regions of the plot:

Show the clipped regions like the rest of the curve:

Show clipped regions with red lines:

Show clipped regions as red at the bottom and thick at the top:

Show clipped regions as red and thick:

ColorFunction  (5)

Color by a scaled coordinate and scaled coordinate, respectively:

Color with a named color scheme:

Color a curve red when its absolute coordinate is above 0:

Fill with the color used for the curve:

ColorFunction has higher priority than PlotStyle for coloring the curve:

ColorFunctionScaling  (3)

No argument scaling on the left; automatic scaling on the right:

Color a curve red when its absolute coordinate is above 0:

Use hue to indicate direction and brightness to indicate amplitude:

Epilog  (2)

This inserts the graphics object in the resulting graphic:

Insert special markers to indicate whether a point belongs to the curve or not:

EvaluationMonitor  (3)

Find the list of values sampled by Plot :

Show where Plot evaluates Sin [x]:

Count how many times the function is evaluated:

Exclusions  (7)

Use automatic methods for computing exclusions, in this case for a piecewise function:

In this case, the exclusion comes from a branch cut discontinuity:

Indicate that no exclusions should be computed:

Exclude a fixed set of points:

Give a set of exclusions as an equation:

This gives two sets of exclusions:

Exclude an equation and the automatically chosen points:

ExclusionsStyle  (2)

Use dashed lines to indicate the vertical asymptotes:

Use black points to highlight the exclusions:

Filling  (7)

Use symbolic or explicit values:

By default, overlapping fills combine using opacity:

Fill between curve 1 and the axis:

Fill between curves 1 and 2:

Fill between curves 1 and 2 with a specific style:

Fill between curves 1 and with yellow:

Fill between curves 1 and 2; use yellow when 1 is below 2 and green when 1 is above 2:

FillingStyle  (4)

Use different fill colors:

Fill with opacity 0.5 orange:

Fill with red below the axis and blue above:

Use a variable filling style obtained from a ColorFunction :

ImageSize  (6)

Use named sizes such as Tiny , Small , Medium and Large :

Specify the width of the plot:

Specify the height of the plot:

Allow the width and height to be up to a certain size:

Specify the width and height for a graphic, padding with space if necessary:

Setting AspectRatio Full will fill the available space:

Use ImageSize Full to fill the available space in an object:

Specify the image size as a fraction of the available space:

LabelingSize  (3)

Textual labels are shown at their actual sizes:

Image labels are automatically resized:

Specify a maximum size for textual labels:

Specify a maximum size for image labels:

MaxRecursion  (2)

The default sampling mesh:

Each level of MaxRecursion will subdivide the initial mesh into a finer mesh:

Mesh  (3)

Show the initial and final sampling meshes:

Use 20 mesh levels evenly spaced in the direction:

Use an explicit list of values for the mesh in the direction:

MeshFunctions  (2)

Use a mesh evenly spaced in the and directions:

Show 5 mesh levels in the direction (red) and 10 in the direction (blue):

MeshShading  (6)

Alternate red and blue segments of equal width in the direction:

Use None to remove segments:

MeshShading can be used with PlotStyle :

MeshShading has higher priority than PlotStyle for styling the curve:

Use PlotStyle for some segments by setting MeshShading to Automatic :

MeshShading can be used with ColorFunction :

MeshStyle  (4)

Color the mesh the same color as the plot:

Use a red mesh in the direction:

Use a red mesh in the direction and a blue mesh in the direction:

Use big, red mesh points in the direction:

PerformanceGoal  (2)

Generate a higher-quality plot:

Emphasize performance, possibly at the cost of quality:

PlotHighlighting  (9)

Plots have interactive coordinate callouts with the default setting PlotHighlighting Automatic :

Use PlotHighlighting None to disable the highlighting for the entire plot:

Use Highlighted [,None ] to disable highlighting for a single curve:

Move the mouse over a curve to highlight it using arbitrary graphics directives:

Move the mouse over the curve to highlight it with a ball and label:

Use a ball and label to highlight a specific point on the curve:

Move the mouse over the curve to highlight it with a label and droplines to the axes:

Use a ball and label to highlight a specific point on the curve:

Move the mouse over the plot to highlight it with a slice showing values corresponding to the position:

Highlight the curves at a fixed value:

Move the mouse over the plot to highlight it with a slice showing values corresponding to the position:

Highlight the curves at a fixed value:

Use a component that shows the points on the curve closest to the position of the mouse cursor:

Specify the style for the points:

Use a component that shows the coordinates on the curve closest to the mouse cursor:

Use Callout options to change the appearance of the label:

Combine components to create a custom effect:

PlotInteractivity  (4)

Plots have interactive highlighting by default:

Turn off all the interactive elements:

Interactive elements provided as part of the input are disabled:

Allow provided interactive elements and disable automatic ones:

PlotLabel  (1)

Add an overall label to the plot:

PlotLabels  (5)

Specify text to label curves:

Place the labels above the curves:

Place the labels differently for each curve:

PlotLabels->"Expressions" uses functions as curve labels:

Use callouts to identify the curves:

Use None to not add a label:

PlotLayout  (2)

Place each curve in a separate panel using shared axes:

Use a row instead of a column:

Use multiple columns or rows:

Prefer full columns or rows:

PlotLegends  (7)

No legends are used by default:

Create a legend based on the functions:

Create a legend with placeholder text:

Create a legend with specific labels:

PlotLegends picks up PlotStyle values automatically:

Use Placed to position legends:

Place legends inside:

Use LineLegend to modify the appearance of the legend:

PlotPoints  (1)

Use more initial points to get a smoother curve:

PlotRange  (3)

Show the curve over the whole domain:

Show the curve only where it is real valued:

Show the curve from to over the whole domain:

PlotRangeClipping  (2)

Constrain the curve to the framed region:

Draw the curve using the whole graphical region:

PlotStyle  (6)

Use different style directives:

By default, different styles are chosen for multiple curves:

Explicitly specify the style for different curves:

PlotStyle can be combined with ColorFunction :

PlotStyle can be combined with MeshShading :

MeshStyle by default uses the same style as PlotStyle :

PlotTheme  (2)

Use a theme with simple ticks and grid lines in a bright color scheme:

Change the color scheme:

RegionFunction  (2)

Show the curve where :

Exclude the region where :

ScalingFunctions  (9)

By default, plots have linear scales in each direction:

Use a log scale in the direction:

Use a linear scale in the direction that shows smaller numbers at the top:

Use a reciprocal scale in the direction:

Use different scales in the and directions:

Reverse the axis without changing the axis:

Use a scale defined by a function and its inverse:

Positions in Ticks and GridLines are automatically scaled:

PlotRange and AxesOrigin are automatically scaled:

WorkingPrecision  (2)

Evaluate functions using machine-precision arithmetic:

Evaluate functions using arbitrary-precision arithmetic:

Applications  (19)

Basic Applications  (3)

Compare several functions:

A function and its inverse are reflections in :

Illustrate that -Abs [x]x Sin [1/x]Abs [x] in the interval:

Highlighting Discrete Function Features  (8)

Curves are broken where a function has singularities:

Emphasize the singularities by specifying ExclusionsStyle :

Highlight the discontinuities in a function using ExclusionsStyle :

The discontinuities are automatically derived but can also be specified:

Highlight zeros of a function :

The second argument passed to MeshFunctions is :

Highlight local extrema for a function using MeshFunctions :

Local extrema are given by :

Highlight the local maximums and minimums of a function :

The local maximums are the points where and :

Similarly the local minimums are given by and :

Highlight the non-negative and non-positive parts of a function :

Using the Filling specification allows this to be readily achieved:

Highlight the segments where the function is increasing or decreasing:

A function is increasing when :

A function is decreasing when :

Show them together and add a legend:

Highlight the parts where a function is convex or concave:

A function is convex when :

A function is concave when :

Show them together with a legend:

Highlighting Continuous Function Features  (1)

Use color to overlay the derivative of function on top of the curve for :

By rescaling the derivative to be between 0 and 1, you can easily map to a color:

From ColorData you can get a variety of color scales:

The derivative can now be overlaid as color on top of the curve using ColorFunction :

Using Filling emphasizes the color more:

Epigraph and Hypograph of a Function  (2)

The epigraph of a function is given by . You can visualize the epigraph by using Filling :

The hypograph of a function is given by . You can visualize the hypograph by using Filling :

Complex-Valued Functions  (3)

Plot the real and imaginary parts of a complex-valued function of a real variable:

Plot the magnitude and phase of a complex-valued function of a real variable:

Plot the magnitude and color based on the phase of the function:

Add filling and a color legend that provides a separate axis for the phase:

Equation Solutions  (2)

The general solution to a differential equation:

Plot two particular solutions:

Plot a family of solutions:

The general solution to an algebraic equation:

Plot a family of solutions:

Properties & Relations  (9)

Plot samples more points where it needs to:

Plot is a special case of ParametricPlot for curves:

Use ParametricPlot for parametric curves and regions:

Use ContourPlot and RegionPlot for implicit curves and regions:

Use LogPlot , LogLinearPlot , and LogLogPlot for logarithmic plots:

Use ListPlot and ListLinePlot for data:

AbsArgPlot is a special case of Plot :

ReImPlot is a special case of Plot :

Use Plot3D and ParametricPlot3D for function and parametric surfaces:

Neat Examples  (1)

Eigenfunctions in a potential well:

History

Introduced in 1988 (1.0) | Updated in 2007 (6.0) 2012 (9.0) 2014 (10.0) 2016 (10.4) 2016 (11.0) 2018 (11.3) 2021 (13.0) 2023 (13.3) 2025 (14.3)

Wolfram Research (1988), Plot, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Plot.html (updated 2025).

Text

Wolfram Research (1988), Plot, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Plot.html (updated 2025).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1988. "Plot." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2025. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Plot.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1988). Plot. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Plot.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_plot, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Plot}", year="2025", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Plot.html}", note=[Accessed: 17-November-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_plot, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Plot}, year={2025}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Plot.html}, note=[Accessed: 17-November-2025]}

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