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Re: Problems with my first package:Statistics`Common`RegressionCommon`BestFitParameters instead ofBestFitParameters

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  • Subject: [mg58115] Re: Problems with my first package:Statistics`Common`RegressionCommon`BestFitParameters instead ofBestFitParameters
  • From: David Bailey <dave at Remove_Thisdbailey.co.uk>
  • Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 03:43:18 -0400 (EDT)
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David Annetts wrote:
> Hi Frank 
> 
> <snippage>
> 
>>ExportedFunction[whatever_,options___]:=Block[{...},
>>...
>>RegressResult=NonlinearRegress[...]
>>...
>>Return[Switch[verbosity /. {options},
>>      0, BestFitParameters /. RegressResult,
>>      1, {NMinResultReport, RegressResult}
>>      ]];
>>]
>>
>>With verbosity->0, everything is fine now, but with 1 I get:
>>...
>>Statistics`Common`RegressionCommon`BestFitParameters -> {a -> 
>>0.500455, 
>>    b -> 0.999833},
>>...
>>
>>where I expected simply
>>
>>BestFitParameters -> {a -> 0.500455, b -> 0.999833},
>>
>>Can you tell me, without me creating a minimal example, what 
>>I can do to simplify the Return value?
> 
> 
> It's difficult to tell what the problem might be with a code excerpt, but
> you might try
> 
> 	Return[Switch[verbosity /. {options},
> 		0, BestFitParameters /. RegressResult,
> 		1, NMinResultReport]
> 		];
> 
> This depends on something like 
> 	NMinResultReport = {various options} /. RegressResult;
> in your function.
> 
> I'd also recommend using True and False rather than 0 and 1 for your
> options.  Yes, we can write Fortran in Mathematica, but why bother, since
> True is so much easier to read, and more keeping with other Mathematica
> functions.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dave.
> 
Even Fortran has a LOGICAL data type!

David Bailey
http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk


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