Re: Using "Sum" (i = 1 ... N) in a function definition
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- Subject: [mg49691] Re: [mg49666] Using "Sum" (i = 1 ... N) in a function definition
- From: Matthias.Bode at oppenheim.de
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 07:42:55 -0400 (EDT)
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Hello Wilhelm,
try:
mydata = {3, 2, 4, 5, 6};
myfunc[n_] := Plus @@ Take[mydata,
n]
Best regards,
Matthias Bode
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Von: wilhelm.rainer at gmx.net [mailto:wilhelm.rainer at gmx.net]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 27. Juli 2004 13:01
An: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Betreff: [mg49666] Using "Sum" (i = 1 ... N) in a function definition
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