RE: Re: User problem
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- Subject: [mg24023] RE: [mg23997] Re: [mg23971] User problem
- From: hwolf at debis.com
- Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 03:07:37 -0400 (EDT)
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Notwithstanding the original code being illegal, 250 appears as a magic
number. Compare:
In[2]:= Table[i = i + 1, {i, 249}]
In[3]:= Table[i = i + 1, {i, 250}]
-- Hartmut
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BobHanlon at aol.com [SMTP:BobHanlon at aol.com]
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> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 7:46 AM
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> Subject: [mg23997] Re: [mg23971] User problem
>
>
> In a message dated 6/18/2000 3:39:33 AM, joseph468 at yahoo.com writes:
>
> >I am trying to contstruct a table of random integers
> >between 1 and 4. I'd like to vary the number of
> >elements in the table from time to time. The
> >contruction that I use in Mathematica is as follows:
> >
> >genome = Table[i = Random[Integer, {1, 4}], {i, 249}]
> >
> >The problem with this is as follows: the above
> >generates tables of varying length up to and including
> >249 elements. However, when I try to generate any
> >table containing more than 249 elements, I get the
> >following error message on my screen:
> >
> >This program has performed an illegal operation and
> >will be shut down. If the problem persists please
> >contact the vendor.
> >
> >I have version 4 of Mathematica, and am running it on
> >a Windows98 platform (Dell NoteBook)
> >
>
> genome = Table[Random[Integer, {1, 4}], {249}];
>
>
> Bob Hanlon