Re: Function argument
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg66987] Re: Function argument
- From: "Yaroslav Bulatov" <yaroslavvb at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 06:27:39 -0400 (EDT)
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- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
g[a_, b_] := Evaluate[b][a] g[Pi, Sin] --> 0 Bonny wrote: > I would like to define a function g that evaluates another function f at a > given value. That is, > > g[a, f[x]] := f[a] > > For example, I might want the function f[x]=ax^2+bx+c to be evaluated at x=1 > and get the result a+b+c. That is, > > g[1, ax^2+bx+c] should evaluate to a+b+c. > > Again, I might want the function f[x]=Sin[x] to be evaluated at x=pi and get > the result 0. That is, > > g[pi, Sin[x]] should evaluate to 0. > > Is there a way to accomplish this in Mathematica? Any help would be > appreciated. > > Thanks, > Bonny.