Question

Is it possible to retrieve an automatically-generated plot range in Mathematica?

For example, if I were to do:

Plot[Sin[x], {x, 0, 2 \[Pi]}, PlotRange -> Automatic]

then I’d like to know that the range of the Y axis was -1 to 1 and the range of the X axis was 0 to 2 pi.

Answer 1

p = Plot[Sin[x], {x, 0, 2*Pi}, PlotRange -> Automatic];

AbsoluteOptions is a bit of a lottery but works in this case

AbsoluteOptions[p, PlotRange]
{PlotRange -> {{0., 6.28319}, {-1., 1.}}}

Even though AbsoluteOptions superceded FullOptions sometimes it is also worth trying FullOptions if and when AbsoluteOptions fails because I have come across cases when AbsoluteOptions fails but FullOptions works. In this case FullOptions also works:

FullOptions[p, PlotRange]
{{0., 6.28319}, {-1., 1.}}