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Re: How to ...?

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg36350] Re: How to ...?
• From: Bill Rowe <listuser at earthlink.net>
• Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 04:09:16 -0400 (EDT)
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

On 8/31/02 at 1:25 AM, berlusconi_pagliusi at fis.unical.it (Paskoski)
wrote:

>Dear MathGroup, I'd like to use Mathematica 4.0 to write a function
>having different expressions in different domain's intervals. Let's
>say:
>
>F[x_]=    x^2   if 0<x<6 x+1   if x>=6

Try

f[x_]:= x^2 /;  0<x<6
f[x_]:= x+1/; x>=6

The "/;" specfies a conditional rule. You can define a fuction with as many pieces as you like in this manner

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