Re: Q: Recursion on a list
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- Subject: [mg28902] Re: Q: Recursion on a list
- From: Ignacio Rodriguez <ignacio at sgirmn.pluri.ucm.es>
- Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 01:13:05 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: UCM
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The easiest way seems the use of Do
Do[r[t]=t,{t,0,1000}]
x[0]=1
and then
Do[x[t]=x[t-1](1+r[t]),{t,1,1000}]//Timing
{0.08 Second, Null}
msc wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I'm looking for an efficient method (i.e., with the use of an explicit loop)
> for the following problem. I am working with large lists (several thousand
> elements) of data. Denote one such list r. I would like to define a new list
> x such that:
>
> x[0] = 1.0
>
> x[t] = x[t-1]*(1.0 + r[t])
>
> Can anyone suggest an efficient way?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Mark
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