Re: Variables Within Homemade Functions
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- Subject: [mg69603] Re: [mg69590] Variables Within Homemade Functions
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 06:57:29 -0400 (EDT)
- Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net
See Help browser for info on Module and Block. Bob Hanlon ---- Gregory Lypny <gregory.lypny at videotron.ca> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > How can I ensure that variables in my home made function do not > conflict with variables with the same name outside the function? Say > I have a variable, t, whose value in my notebook is 17. I've brought > in a function from another notebook, myFunction, that contains a > variable named t, and in running the function, t will take on a > value. Unfortunately, both t's are the same. Is there any way to > make the t within the my function a local variable just like index > counters in the Table and Do functions? > > Regards, > > Greg > > t=17 > > myFunction[x_]:=(t=someOtherValue; rest of function here) >