Re: Getting rid of the arrow in FindRoot output (newbie question)
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- Subject: [mg38851] Re: [mg38812] Getting rid of the arrow in FindRoot output (newbie question)
- From: Nigel King <king at dircon.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 03:18:56 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
> Hi, this is a newbie question, I am just starting to learn how to use > Mathematica. > > How do I get rid of the arrow ("->") from the output when using > FindRoot? > > E.g. > p := FindRoot[x + Log[x] == 5, {x, 1}] > Print[p] > > gives the output > > {x -> 3.69344} p := x/.FindRoot[x + Log[x] == 5, {x, 1}] Print[p] should give 3.69344 > > and then if I change > > Print[p] > > to > > Print[p + 1] now gives 4.69344 > > then the output is > > {1 + (x -> 3.69344)} -- Nigel