Re: Validating functions input
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- Subject: [mg58818] Re: [mg58784] Validating functions input
- From: Chris Chiasson <chris.chiasson at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 04:10:45 -0400 (EDT)
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- Reply-to: Chris Chiasson <chris.chiasson at gmail.com>
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look up Condition in the help file Clear[f] f::badinput = "`1` > \!\(`2`\^2\). The first argument \ needs to be less than or equal to the square of the \ second." f[x_, y_] /; x > y^2 := (Message[f::badinput, x, y]; ) f[1, 2] f[2, 1] On 7/18/05, Nilton <nilton.volpato at ig.com.br> wrote: > 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 > > -- Chris Chiasson http://chrischiasson.com/ 1 (810) 265-3161
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- Validating functions input