Re: passing functions as parameters
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg34005] Re: [mg33988] passing functions as parameters
- From: Sseziwa Mukasa <mukasa at jeol.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 03:27:29 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
On Thursday, April 25, 2002, at 03:00 AM, GoranG wrote: > How would one pass one function to another? > > I need to be able to define functions in the following fashion: > > f[x_]:=x^3-x+1 > > g[x_,y_,somefunction?]:=If[somefunction[x]>somefunction[y],"Done","Waiting" > ) > > to be able to later on evaluate > > g[2.,3., f?] > > I have tried couple of paths with no success and would really like to > avoid using global function in function g. > > All the best... > > f[x_] := x^3-x+1 g[x_,y_,f_] := If[f[x] > f[y],"Done","Waiting"] Will work. Note that f can be any function ie., g[2,3,Sin] will do what you expect. Regards, Ssezi