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Re: Suggestions for translating a Do[] loop ...

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  • Subject: [mg69790] Re: Suggestions for translating a Do[] loop ...
  • From: dh <dh at metrohm.ch>
  • Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 04:44:27 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <eevtpj$hfr$1@smc.vnet.net>

Hi David;
Note that if you reverse your lists, the loop runs forward.
With list reversed:
FoldList[(#2[[1]](#2[[2]]+#1))/(1+#2[[2]]  #1)&,0,Drop[Transpose[{a,b}],1]]

Daniel

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.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Dave.
> 


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