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MATHEMATICA COMPATIBILITY INFORMATION

Upgrading from:

Graphics`Graphics`

LogPlot, ListLogPlot, and related functions have been added to the built-in Mathematica kernel.
PolarPlot and ListPolarPlot have been added to the built-in Mathematica kernel.
GraphicsGrid has been added to the built-in Mathematica kernel.
BarChart and related functions have been added to the built-in Mathematica kernel.
PieChart has been added to the built-in Mathematica kernel.
Histogram has been added to the built-in Mathematica kernel.
ErrorListPlot is available in the newly created ErrorBar Plotting Package.

New system functions

LogPlot, LogLinearPlot, and LogLogPlot are part of the built-in Mathematica kernel:

Version 5.2 << Graphics`Graphics`; LogPlot[Sinh[x], {x, 0, 3}]
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LogPlot and ListLogPlot have the same functionality as and :

Version 5.2 << Graphics`Graphics`; LinearLogListPlot[Exp[Range[0, 3, 0.2]]]
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ListLogPlot, ListLogLinearPlot, and ListLogLogPlot have the same functionality as , , and :

Version 5.2 << Graphics`Graphics`; LogLogListPlot[Range[10]^2]
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PolarPlot is now part of the built-in Mathematica kernel:

Version 5.2 << Graphics`Graphics`; PolarPlot[Sqrt[t], {t, 0, 20}]
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ListPolarPlot has the same functionality as :

Version 5.2 << Graphics`Graphics`; PolarListPlot[Range[0, 10, 0.2]]
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Show can be used in place of since graphics are no longer displayed as side effects:

Version 5.2 << Graphics`Graphics`; DisplayTogether[Plot[x, {x, 0, 1}], Plot[x^2, {x, 0, 1}]]
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GraphicsGrid can be used in place of since graphics are no longer displayed as side effects:

Version 5.2 << Graphics`Graphics`; DisplayTogetherArray[ Table[DensityPlot[Sin[x + a] Cos[y + b], {x, 0, Pi}, {y, 0, Pi}], {a, 0, 2}, {b, 0, 2}]]
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Generate a list plot with text markers:

Version 5.2 << Graphics`Graphics`; TextListPlot[RealDigits[N[Pi]][[1]]]
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Generate a labeled list plot:

Version 5.2 << Graphics`Graphics`; LabeledListPlot[RealDigits[N[Pi]][[1]]]
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Combine a plot and a list plot:

Version 5.2 << Graphics`Graphics`; ListAndCurvePlot[Range[10], x + Sin[x], {x, 0, 10}]
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Display a plot with coordinates scaled by given functions:

Version 5.2 << Graphics`Graphics`; ScaledPlot[Sin[x], {x, 0, \[Pi]}, ScaleFunction -> {Cos, ArcSin}, AxesOrigin -> Automatic, PlotStyle -> Automatic]
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Display a list plot with coordinates scaled by given functions:

Version 5.2 << Graphics`Graphics`; ScaledListPlot[Table[Sin[x], {x, 0, \[Pi], .025 \[Pi]}], ScaleFunction -> {# &, ArcSin}, AxesOrigin -> Automatic, PlotStyle -> Automatic]
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The functionality of and is now available in the built-in Mathematica kernel function GeometricTransformation:

Version 5.2 << Graphics`Graphics`; Show[SkewGraphics[Plot[Sin[x], {x, 0, 2 Pi}], {{1, 1}, {0, 1}}]]
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Histogram is now a built-in Mathematica function:

Version 5.2 << Graphics`Graphics`; Histogram[{.9, .0, .2, .8, .6, .9, .6, .9, .6, .3}]
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BarChart is now a built-in Mathematica function:

Version 5.2 << Graphics`Graphics`; BarChart[Range[3]]
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The functionality of is now available in BarChart:

Version 5.2 << Graphics`Graphics`; PercentileBarChart[{1, -3, 4, 5, 2, 3}, {3, 6, 4, 3}]
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The functionality of is now available using ChartLayout in BarChart:

Version 5.2 << Graphics`Graphics`; StackedBarChart[{1, -3, 4, 5, 2, 3}, {3, 6, 4, 3}]
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can be replaced by the following definition:

Version 5.2 << Graphics`Graphics`; GeneralizedBarChart[{{1, 3, .2}, {4, 9, 1}, {2.1, -6, .5}}, {{3, 5, .5}, {1.5, -2, 1}, {-.4, 2, .5}}, BarOrientation -> Horizontal]
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PieChart is now a built-in Mathematica function:

Version 5.2 << Graphics`Graphics`; PieChart[Range[4]]
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ErrorBar Plotting Package

from is now found in the ErrorBar Plotting Package.

Version 5.2 << Graphics`Graphics` ErrorListPlot[{{1, 0.2}, {2, 0.3}, {1.5, 0.1}, {0.8, 0.25}}]

Load to use ErrorListPlot functionality:

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The original package is now available on the web at library.wolfram.com/infocenter/MathSource/6808.

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