Re: Suggestions for translating a Do[] loop ...
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- Subject: [mg69793] Re: [mg69773] Suggestions for translating a Do[] loop ...
- From: Sseziwa Mukasa <mukasa at jeol.com>
- Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 04:44:45 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <200609220505.BAA16564@smc.vnet.net>
On Sep 22, 2006, at 1:05 AM, David Annetts wrote: > Hi, > > Given that a, b & r are lists of the same length, can anyone suggest a > translation of the following Do[] loop to something functional? It > looks > like an ideal application for Fold, but for me, the loop going > backwards is > really obscuring things. > > The loop is > > Do[ > r[[j]] = a[[j]] * (b[[j]] + r[[j + 1]]) / (1 + b[[j]] * r[[j > + 1]]), > {j, Length@a - 1, 1, -1} > ]; > > with r[[Length@a]] = 0. r=Reverse[FoldList[#2[[1]] (#2[[2]]+#1)/(1+#2[[2]] #1)&,0,Transpose [{Reverse[Most[a]],Reverse[Most[b]]}]] Regards, Ssezi
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- Suggestions for translating a Do[] loop ...
- From: "David Annetts" <davidannetts@aapt.net.au>
- Suggestions for translating a Do[] loop ...