Re: Validating functions input
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- Subject: [mg58789] Re: Validating functions input
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 04:10:00 -0400 (EDT)
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In[1]:= f::invalid="Invalid arguments"; In[2]:= f[x_,y_ ]:= (Message[f::invalid];Null)/;x>2^y; In[3]:= f[2,2] Out[3]= f(2,2) In[4]:= f[5,2] From In[4]:= f::invalid: Invalid arguments In[5]:= f[x,y] Out[5]= f(x,y) Bob Hanlon > > From: "Nilton" <nilton.volpato at ig.com.br> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net > Date: 2005/07/18 Mon AM 03:21:21 EDT > Subject: [mg58789] Validating functions input > > I have a function that must have its input validated. > > f[x,y] > > I want to validate if x <= 2^y. If it's valid, then just return the > symbol f[x,y] unevaluated. If it's not valid, I want to return some > symbol, Null for instance, and issue an error message. > > The following is a try, but it doesn't work, because it's definition is > recursive: > > f::invalid = "Invalid arguments" > f[x_,y_] := If[x <= 2^y, f[x,y], Message[f::invalid]] > > Is there any way to implement this? > > Thanks, > -- Nilton > >