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Re: Re: Creating a Listable Function

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• Subject: [mg73577] Re: [mg73552] Re: Creating a Listable Function
• From: János <janos.lobb at yale.edu>
• Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:33:37 -0500 (EST)
• References: <ergqjm$j0v$1@smc.vnet.net> <200702211104.GAA05007@smc.vnet.net>

SetOptions[VarPop, Listable]

SetOptions::rep: "Listable is not a valid replacement rule.

SetOptions[VarPop, Listable -> True]

SetOptions::optnf: Listable is not a known option for VarPop.

J=E1nos.
P.S.  VarPop IS listable.  It can be make "more listable" :) by 
closing out any other argument with the pattern of x_List.

On Feb 21, 2007, at 6:04 AM, Jens-Peer Kuska wrote:

> Hi,
>
> SetAttributes[VarPop,Listable]
>
> ??
>
> Regards
>    Jens
>
> Gregory Lypny wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I've created a function for population variance, which does not make
>> use of Mathematica's built-in Variance function.
>>
>> VarPop[x_] := Total[(x - Mean@x)^2]/Length@x
>>
>> How do I need to change the definition to have the function operate
>> across lists much like Total, Mean, and Variance do?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> 	Greg
>>

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  • Re: Creating a Listable Function
    • From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska@informatik.uni-leipzig.de>