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Re: Functions, Part 1

• To: mathgroup at christensen.cybernetics.net
• Subject: [mg573] Re: [mg564] Functions, Part 1
• From: Arthur Wasserman <Arthur.Wasserman at math.lsa.umich.edu>
• Date: Sun, 19 Mar 95 11:27:08 -0500

>   (1)	f[x_] := x + 1
>   
>   (2) 	g = Function[x,f[x]]
>   
>   (3)	h = Function[x,Function[y,y+1]]
>   
>   Now  g[2]  and  f[2]  output  3  as expected.  But 
>   h[2] (indeed, h[garbage]) outputs  Function[y,y+1].
>   What`s going on?


You for got the x in the definition of h. You want:

 h = Function[x,Function[y,y+1][x]]

Now h[2]=3.