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Re: array generated

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• Subject: [mg28915] Re: array generated
• From: "Paul Lutus" <nospam at nosite.com>
• Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 01:13:19 -0400 (EDT)
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"Julian Sweet" <jsweet at engineering.ucsb.edu> wrote in message
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> Is there a command that will allow me to specify a start and
> stop value, and the number of points i want generated?
>
> Table[i,{i,min,max,di}] requires that i specify the interval, di, and
> surmise the resultant number of points from that interval.

There's no "command." There is a method, derived from simple algebra:

f[a_,b_,p_] := Table[i,{i,a,b,(b-a)/(p-1)}]

So, for f[1,10,3], you get:

{1, 11/2, 10}

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Paul Lutus
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