Re: Using "Sum" (i = 1 ... N) in a function definition
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- Subject: [mg49713] Re: Using "Sum" (i = 1 ... N) in a function definition
- From: mjperson at mit.edu (Michael J Person)
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 07:43:33 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Massachvsetts Institvte of Technology
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Using a SetDelayed (:=) instead of a Set (=) seems
to be what you need here...
MyData = {3, 2, 4, 5, 6};
MyFunc[i_] := Sum[MyData[[j]], {j, 1, i}];
(*Notice the := above!*)
MyFunc[2]
5
-MJ Person
mjperson at mit.edu
wilhelm.rainer at gmx.net (Rainer) wrote:
>I was trying to define a function using the Sum command in the
>following way (simplified example):
> MyData = {3,2,4,5,6};
> MyFunc[i_] = Sum[MyData[[j]],{j,1,i}];
>As you can see, the idea is to use the length of the list (i)
>as a variable in the function definition, such that
> MyFunc[1] = 3
> MyFunc[2] = 3 + 2 = 5
> MyFunc[3] = 3 + 2 + 4 = 9
>etc. Mathematica does not like the abobe statements, and prints the
>following error message:
>"Part specification K$394 is neither an integer nor a list of
>integers."