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I want to plot graph of this piecewise function in Methematica:

$f: [0, 1] \mapsto \mathbb{R} $

$f(x)= \begin{cases} \frac{1}{x - \frac{1}{3} } & \text{ if } x \in [0, \frac{1}{3}> \newline -1 & \text{ if } x = \frac{1}{3} \newline 18x-9 & \text{ if } x \in<\frac{1}{3}, \frac{2}{3}>\backslash \{ \frac{4}{9},\frac{5}{9} \} \newline 1 & \text{ if } x = \frac{2}{3} \newline \frac{1}{x - \frac{2}{3} } & \text{ if } x \in <\frac{2}{3}, 1] \end{cases}$

So I wrote this:

Plot[Piecewise[{{1/(x - 1/3), 0 <= x < 1/3},
    {-1, x = 1/3},
    {18 x - 9, 1/3 < x < 2/3  },
    {1, x = 2/3},
    {1/(x - 2/3), 2/3 < x <= 1}}],
       {x, 0, 1}]

Wolfram only plots the first case{1/(x - 1/3), 0 <= x < 1/3}. I figured out that the {-1, x = 1/3} and {1, x = 2/3} cases make problem. How can I write them down correctly? Thanks!

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First thing to do : replace x=1/3 by x==1/3 and x=2/3 by x==2/3. – andre Jan 29 at 20:18

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You have used single-equal assignment where you meant to use double-equal comparison.

Plot[Piecewise[{{1/(x - 1/3), 0 <= x < 1/3},
                {-1, x == 1/3},
                {18 x - 9, 1/3 < x < 2/3  },
                {1, x == 2/3},
                {1/(x - 2/3), 2/3 < x <= 1}}],
     {x, 0, 1}]
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Great. :) As in many programming languages... – kr85 Jan 29 at 20:22

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