Re: Assign a value to a variable
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- Subject: [mg63026] Re: Assign a value to a variable
- From: Peter Pein <petsie at dordos.net>
- Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 04:56:48 -0500 (EST)
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Ben Becker schrieb:
> Hi!
>
> I have a list of variables:
> vars = {a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i}
>
> and a list of numbers:
> numbers = Range[9]
>
> Now i'd like to choose randomly a variable and a number. and then i'd
> like to assign the number to the variable.
> I thought of somehting like that:
>
> vars[[Random[Integer, {1, Length[vars]}]]] =
> numbers[[Random[Integer, {1, Length[numbers]}]]]
>
> but it doesn't work.
>
> i hope you have an idea!
>
> thank you for answering!
>
> MFG Ben
>
Hello,
Set[vars[[Random[Integer, {1, Length[vars]}]]],
numbers[[Random[Integer, {1, Length[numbers]}]]]];
vars
--> {a, b, c, d, e, f, 3, h, i}
Peter