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Re: Re: Sequence is funny !

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  • Subject: [mg8972] Re: [mg8904] Re: [mg8852] Sequence is funny !
  • From: David Withoff <withoff>
  • Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 01:59:41 -0400
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

> But there is something amusing I have found trying
> this with Do:
> 
> If you ask for:
> 
> In[3] := Do[ Print[i], {i,1,3}]
> 
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 
> but if you try
> 
> In[4] := Do[ Print[i], {i,Sequence[1,-5,-2],10}]
> 
> 1-5-2
> 
> (without newlines between them)

There is one iteration in the Do loop because 10-Sequence[1,-5,-2]+1
evaluates to 1.

Print[Sequence[1,-5,-2]] becomes Print[1, -5, 2] which prints
with the elements concatenated together.

Dave Withoff
Wolfram Research


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