Re: reuse values maximize
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg51973] Re: reuse values maximize
- From: "Jens-Peer Kuska" <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 02:07:34 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Uni Leipzig
- References: <cmfbkc$7eh$1@smc.vnet.net>
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi, yourValue= y /. b ?? Regards Jens "Arne" <a.kant at web.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:cmfbkc$7eh$1 at smc.vnet.net... > Sorry, very simple question, but I really can't work it out... > > I want to use the output of a maximation for further calculations. > something like: > > z[y_]=-y^2+y > a=Maximize[z,{y}] > b=Extract[a,1] > > Now mathematica returns {y -> -0.5}. > > I want to assign the value of -0.5 to a new variable. So far I haven't > worked out how to do this (besides copy and paste!). > > Thanks for any comment. >