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Re: Floor[] Not An Integer?

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• Subject: [mg56512] Re: [mg56493] Floor[] Not An Integer?
• From: DrBob <drbob at bigfoot.com>
• Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 02:39:58 -0400 (EDT)
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Floor[x] is NOT an integer, unless x is a NUMBER.

Bobby

On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 21:53:01 -0400 (EDT), Scott Guthery <sguthery at mobile-mind.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to use some of the NumericalMath approximations such as
> MiniMaxApproximation and RationalInterpolation with a function that
> includes array references of the form Array[[Floor[x]]].  The function
> plots and evaluates just fine but the NumericalMath functions are
> reporting the error:
>
> "Part::pspec: Part specification Floor[x] is neither an integer nor a
> list of integers."
>
> whereas the documentation states that Floor[x] IS an integer.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Thanks for any insight.
>
> Cheers, Scott
>
>
>
>



-- 
DrBob at bigfoot.com

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    • From: "Scott Guthery" <sguthery@mobile-mind.com>