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I’m trying to plot a the first few functions in a sequence of functions. For now my code looks like that:


\begin{center}
\begin{tikzpicture}
    \begin{axis}[axis lines = left,
                    xlabel = $x$, 
                    ylabel = $y$,
                    xmin = 0,
                    xmax=10,
                    ymin=-0.1,
                    ymax = 0.4,
                    legend pos = outer north east];
            \addplot[domain=0:10, samples=100, color=gray, dashed]{sqrt(2)/2*exp(-pi/4)};
            \addlegendentry{$\sup_{x\in I}\card{f_n}$}
            \foreach \n in {1,2,...,7}{
\addplot [domain=0:10, samples=500, color=red]{sin(deg(\n*x))*exp(-\n*x)};
}
    \end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{center}
\end{document}

But as you can see in the code each plot is red. Is there a way so that each function is plotted with a different color while still plotting them with a loop ? In the same vein can I add a legend entry for each function the loop like f_1(x), f_2(x), ..., f_7(x) ? Changing the color for each plot is discussed here Change color of \addplot in a \foreach loop (pgfplots) but I couldn’t get what they did working, I don’t actually understand everything (ie what does \edef or \noexpand or \temp do) and I’m not looking necessarily at having a gradient of colors, I’m ok with random colors as long as they’re different. I havent used pgfplots for a while I’m not quite sure how to go about any of this. Any help is appreciated.

t_kln
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For foreach loops in pgfplots you have to add noexpand for each expression. With the evaluate comand you can calculate a value according to the loop variable.

\documentclass[border=5pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{width=7cm,compat=newest}

\begin{document}


\begin{tikzpicture}

    \begin{axis}[
        axis lines=left,
        xlabel=$x$, 
        ylabel=$y$,
        xmin=0,
        xmax=10,
        ymin=-0.1,
        ymax=0.4,
        legend pos=outer north east];

        \addplot[
        domain=0:10, 
        samples=100, 
        color=gray, 
        dashed,
        ]{sqrt(2)/2*exp(-pi/4)};




%           \addlegendentry{$\sup_{x\in I}\card{f_n}$} %<-causing some error 
            \foreach [evaluate=\i as \n using (\i)100/(7)] \i in {1,2,...,7} {%
                \edef\temp{%
                    \noexpand
                        \addplot[
                        domain=0:10, 
                        samples=500,
                        color=red!\n!blue,
                        smooth,
                        ]
                        {sin(deg(\ix))exp(-\ix)};
                    }\temp
                }

        \end{axis}


\end{tikzpicture}




\end{document}

enter image description here

Excelsior
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  • Ok thanks this works well! What is still unclear is what exactly do the commands \edef and \temp do ? – t_kln Mar 25 '21 at 15:21
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    As I understood it, you define the plot as temp and 'plot' it after the loop. You can try redefine \temp (e.g., \test, ...) and call it before and after the loop. – Excelsior Mar 25 '21 at 15:26
  • BTW, what does \card in the legend do? – Excelsior Mar 25 '21 at 15:32
  • oh yeah that's a macro I picked up from an old prof I had, in my preamble I usually have \newcommand{\card}[1]{\left | #1 \right |} – t_kln Mar 25 '21 at 15:40