Re: a strange line of code
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- Subject: [mg52737] Re: [mg52710] a strange line of code
- From: "Caffa Vittorio Dr." <Caffa at iabg.de>
- Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 05:21:53 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Try this: In[1]:= f[x] Out[1]= f[x] In[2]:= f@x Out[2]= f[x] In[3]:= x//f Out[3]= f[x] In[4]:= ?# # represents the first argument supplied to a pure function. #n represents the nth argument. In[5]:= ?& Function[body] or body& is a pure function. The formal parameters are # (or #1), #2, etc. Function[x, body] is a pure function with a single formal parameter x. Function[{x1, x2, ... }, body] is a pure function with a list of formal parameters. Cheers, Vittorio -----Original Message----- From: Stefan Schuster To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net [mailto:bi1169*delete_from_star_to_star* at fh-weihenstephan.de] Subject: [mg52737] [mg52710] a strange line of code Hello, in a notebook, I found and function to calculate the Feigenbaum bifurcation Diagram. I principial understand the Feigenbaum, and I think I'm also able to write such an funcion by myself, but not in this compact way. Can someone please explain me the meaning of the Symbols #, @ and & Here is the Code: Feigenbaum = Compile[{{ ?, _Real}}, ({?, #} &) /@ Union[Drop[NestList[ ? # (1 - #) &, 0.2, 300], 100]]]; thanks in advance Stefan