# Generalized approach for plottting derived quantities

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**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** plotting\
**Created:** [December 7, 2020, 9:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/generalized-approach-for-plottting-derived-quantities/51388 "2020-12-07T09:18:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![henry2004y](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/henry2004y/32/9284_2.png) [@henry2004y](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/henry2004y)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/generalized-approach-for-plottting-derived-quantities/51388/7 "2020-12-07T14:10:52Z")

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With more searching online, I found some discussions and recommendations for not using `eval()` if possible at runtime. Maybe I should look for some alternative options, like [string into function as an expression](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/passing-a-string-into-function-as-a-expression/31625/13).

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