Re: Using "Sum" (i = 1 ... N) in a function definition
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- Subject: [mg49736] Re: Using "Sum" (i = 1 ... N) in a function definition
- From: "Michael Taktikos" <michael.taktikos at hanse.net>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 07:45:47 -0400 (EDT)
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MyFunc[i_] := Apply[Plus, Take[MyData, i]] Greetings from Hamburg, Michael Taktikos "Rainer" <wilhelm.rainer at gmx.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:ce5d8p$b4k$1 at smc.vnet.net... > 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." > > Does anybody know how to define (correctly) such a function. Should be > possible ...? > Thanks > Rainer >