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Re: Using % in ; separated commands

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  • Subject: [mg35908] Re: [mg35889] Using % in ; separated commands
  • From: BobHanlon at aol.com
  • Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 05:59:26 -0400 (EDT)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

In a message dated 8/5/02 7:10:51 AM, kausmic at yahoo.com writes:

>I have been using Mathematica for basic stuff so far
>and find myself lost on how to acheive the following:
>
>I need to extract the last numerical value of 'a' in
>Solve ( without the 'a ->'), so I can use it
>elsewhere, without having to type it in. Here is what
>I wrote
>
>Solve[Sin[a]==0.4717 * Sin[(Pi/3)-a],a]; Last[a /. %]
>
>The problem is that the value in '%' is not the output
>of Solve, but the whatever operation came before that!
>Any help on how to extract the last numerical from
>solve will be greatly appreciated.

Put in separate cells or restructure as

Last[a /. Solve[Sin[a]==0.4717 * Sin[(Pi/3)-a],a]]


Bob Hanlon
Chantilly, VA  USA


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