Options in self-defined functions
- To: mathgroup at christensen.cybernetics.net
- Subject: [mg1612] Options in self-defined functions
- From: Scott.A.Hill at williams.edu (Lancelot)
- Date: Thu, 6 Jul 1995 22:02:54 -0400
- Organization: Williams College, Williamstown MA
Hello. I've just hunted down this group now so I hope I don't break any newsgroup taboos or anything. :) I would like to have a function I've written use options rather than parameters, as I have about 8 or 10 parameters right now which can be easy to confuse (especially for my advisor who hasn't written the code). For instance, instead of having a function call like f[0.7,2,0.00001,0.01,10^-10,False,15], I'd like to do f[0.7,2,epsilon->0.00001,trace->False] (assuming the other values are preset defaults, of course). Can I do it, and if so, how? E-mail responses would be appreciated, unless you decide this is of general interest. Thank you. / :@-) Scott \