Re: question on changing 'type' of numbers
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- Subject: [mg69490] Re: question on changing 'type' of numbers
- From: "Jens-Peer Kuska" <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 06:55:18 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Uni Leipzig
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Hi, a) Mathematica has no types, it has patterns b) what may Round[], Floor[] and the Ceiling[] function do ? Convert a _Real into an _Integer ? in a way that give you the full access how the fractional term handled Regards Jens "Nasser Abbasi" <nma at 12000.org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:ee8h72$j38$1 at smc.vnet.net... |I think of a the Head of expression as its 'type'. | | One is supposed to be able to use Apply[f,expr] to change head of expression | to f. | | But Why can't I use this to change the head of a Real number to Integer? | | In[122]:= | Remove["Global`*"] | x = 0.1 | Head[x] | -------------->Real | Apply[Integer,x] | Head[x] | ------------------->Real. I was expecting Intger | x = Integer[x] | Head[x] | ----------------> Now it says Integer | | any idea? | | ofcourse the question as to what should happen to the value of the variable | if for example I change the head of 0.5 from Real to Integer is another | matter. It seems in this case x remained 0.1 but only the head said Integer | | x | ----->Integer[0.1] | | Now sure what the above really means :) | | Nasser |