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MaxPlotPoints

is an option for plotting functions like ArrayPlot and ListPlot3D that specifies the maximum number of points that will explicitly be included in the output.

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MaxPlotPoints

MaxPlotPoints

is an option for plotting functions like ArrayPlot and ListPlot3D that specifies the maximum number of points that will explicitly be included in the output.

Details

  • With MaxPlotPoints->Infinity all points in the input will be included in the output.
  • With finite settings for MaxPlotPoints, the total number of points plotted is reduced by combining nearby points.

Examples

Basic Examples  (4)

All the data points are used by default:

Only use 25 points for the plot:

Features can be minimized with a large dataset:

Reduce the number of points used to more easily see patterns in the data:

Wolfram Research (2004), MaxPlotPoints, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MaxPlotPoints.html.

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Wolfram Research (2004), MaxPlotPoints, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MaxPlotPoints.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2004. "MaxPlotPoints." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MaxPlotPoints.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2004). MaxPlotPoints. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MaxPlotPoints.html

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_maxplotpoints, author="Wolfram Research", title="{MaxPlotPoints}", year="2004", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MaxPlotPoints.html}", note=[Accessed: 11-August-2025]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_maxplotpoints, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={MaxPlotPoints}, year={2004}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MaxPlotPoints.html}, note=[Accessed: 11-August-2025]}