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RE: Re: Beginner--How to simulate multiple returns for a function?

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  • Subject: [mg66470] RE: [mg66444] Re: Beginner--How to simulate multiple returns for a function?
  • From: "David Park" <djmp at earthlink.net>
  • Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 02:58:26 -0400 (EDT)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Robert,

Mathematica understands 'multiple binding' also. If a routine returns a list
it can be assigned to a list.

{a,b,c} = Calculateabc[parms...]

One could also make the Calculateabc routine assign the values internally
but then it would be necessary to pass the symbol names so I would think it
is easier to do it as above.

David Park
djmp at earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~djmp/

From: Robert Dodier [mailto:robert.dodier at gmail.com]
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net


Jens-Peer Kuska wrote:

> what are multiple returns ?

Probably what the original poster wants is not just to return a list,
but to return a list and assign its elements to multiple variables.
E.g. Python understands the following

   (A, B, C) = (1, 2, 3)

to mean A = 1, B = 2, C = 3. Lisp has several similar constructs
(MULTIPLE-VALUE-BIND and so on).

Of course it would help if people would just come right out and
say what they want.

FWIW
Robert Dodier



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