Re: Re: Clearing function definitions by argument type?
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- Subject: [mg57272] Re: [mg57247] Re: Clearing function definitions by argument type?
- From: DrBob <drbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 02:20:40 -0400 (EDT)
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Clear[f,g]
f[x_]:=g[x]
g[x_]:=g[x]=x^2
f/@Range@10
{1,4,9,16,25,36,49,64,81,100}
Clear@g
g[x_]:=x^3
f/@Range@10
{1,8,27,64,125,216,343,512,729,1000}
Bobby
On Sun, 22 May 2005 00:14:11 -0400 (EDT), David Bailey <dave at Remove_Thisdbailey.co.uk> wrote:
> Gareth Russell wrote:
>> Hi Group,
>>
>> Is there a straightforward way to Clear only definitions that take
>> certain kinds of arguments? For example, I might have
>>
>> f[x_]:=x^2
>> f[0]=1
>> f[1]=1
>> f[2]=7
>> ...
>>
>> and want to clear all f[number] definitions but not the DelayedSet
>> definition. (Note that the number of f[number] definitions will vary,
>> as will the numbers that each one takes as an argument.)
>>
>> My goal is to clear 'memorized' definitions after an optimization run,
>> where the memorized definitions are generated by a
>>
>> f[x_]:=f[x]=x^2
>>
>> type of function, without clearing the function itself.
>>
>> Gareth Russell
>> Columbia University
>>
> You can see all the assignments in DownValues[g], and you could remove
> the parts of that list that you did not want and then execute
> DownValues[g]:=.....
>
> However, I think it might be easier to rearrange your problem a bit. If
> you 'remember' your answers in another function - g, then you can write
> f as
>
> f[x_] := If[NumberQ[g[x]], g[x], g[x] = x^2]
>
> Then you can just use Clear[g] when you want to start the next problem.
>
> David Bailey
> http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk
>
>
>
>
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DrBob at bigfoot.com
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- From: David Bailey <dave@Remove_Thisdbailey.co.uk>
- Re: Clearing function definitions by argument type?