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multiple choice IF condition

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg56427] multiple choice IF condition
• From: marloo3 at mail15.com
• Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 01:30:41 -0400 (EDT)
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

could we have a more practical way than this way of choosing some numbers of the 
choice:

a = 0;
Table[If[i == 3 || i == 5 || i == 9 || i==18, a = a + i], {i, 20}]

ie: i wish if it is possible like this:
If[i==3 ||5 ||9||18, ...]

Thanks very much
mark

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