Re: Beginner--How to simulate multiple returns for a function?
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- Subject: [mg66424] Re: Beginner--How to simulate multiple returns for a function?
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 02:02:59 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
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xiaochu wrote:
> Hi, All,
>
> Another system's functions can have multiple returns, does
> Mathematica support this?
Sure. Multiple values are returned within a list. For example
In[1]:=
Solve[x^2 - 4 == 0, x]
Out[1]=
{{x -> -2}, {x -> 2}}
In[2]:=
NestList[#1^2 & , 2, 3]
Out[2]=
{2, 4, 16, 256}
In[3]:=
PrimeQ[Range[10]]
Out[3]=
{False, True, True, False, True, False, True, False,
False, False}
Best regards,
Jean-Marc