Re: If-statement problems
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- Subject: [mg49489] Re: If-statement problems
- From: BobHanlon at aol.com
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 02:44:53 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
{a, b, c, d} = A;
Bob Hanlon
> In a message dated Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:11:17 +0000 (UTC), <
> aaronfude at yahoo.com> writes: New to Mathematica. I can't figure out how to use the
> if-statement for pure
> flow control.
>
> Here's an example:
>
> A = {5, 6, 7, 8}
> For [n = 1, n <= 4, n++,
> if [n == 1, a = A[[n]]];
> if [n == 2, b = A[[n]]];
> if [n == 3, c = A[[n]]];
> if [n == 4, d = A[[n]]];
> ]
>
> I want to assign to a b c and d the 4 values from A. Obviously, that's not
> what happens. How do I accomplish what I need?
>