Plotting a floor function with endpoints?

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Would someone mind showing me how to plot a floor function with the appropriate endpoints? I tried Google, but the best I could find was something posted from 2004 that no longer appears to work.

Sorry if this is overly basic, I've only got a couple of weeks of experience with Mathematica and no one to work with on it.

Edit: I'm looking to create a graph similar to the one shown on the wiki page for floor/ceiling functions. I'm not too concerned with the frame or the tick marks.

You just need to add Exclusions -> None to your plot command. Also, the documentation covers this very example — rm -rf, Sep 26 '12 at 00:40

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 26 '12 at 01:33

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To plot $\lfloor x\rfloor$ you can use DiscretePlot at the integers with ExtentSize and ExtentMarkers:

DiscretePlot[Floor[x], {x, 0, 8}, ExtentSize -> Right, 
 ExtentMarkers -> {"Filled", "Empty"}, Filling -> None]

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answered Sep 26 '12 at 01:33

Brett Champion

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Sadly this doesn't work on v7, which explains why I haven't used these options before. :-/ – Mr.Wizard Sep 26 '12 at 02:58
@Mr.Wizard Yes, the Extent* options were added in V8. – Brett Champion Sep 26 '12 at 03:07

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 26 '12 at 00:47

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From the help:

Plot[Floor[x], {x, 0, 10}, ExclusionsStyle -> {Red, Blue}]

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answered Sep 26 '12 at 00:47

Dr. belisarius

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Plotting a floor function with endpoints?

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