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MaxPlotPoints

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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)Summary of the most common use cases

All the data points are used by default:

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Only use 25 points for the plot:

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Features can be minimized with a large dataset:

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

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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.

Text

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.

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

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_maxplotpoints, author="Wolfram Research", title="{MaxPlotPoints}", year="2004", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MaxPlotPoints.html}", note=[Accessed: 01-April-2025 ]}

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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: 01-April-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_maxplotpoints, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={MaxPlotPoints}, year={2004}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MaxPlotPoints.html}, note=[Accessed: 01-April-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: 01-April-2025 ]}