Re: Call-by-reference from inside a function
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- Subject: [mg72596] Re: [mg72568] Call-by-reference from inside a function
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:11:21 -0500 (EST)
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Sorry, I slightly misinterpreted your post. On re-reading it carefully seems to me that what you wanted is rather s = {1, 2, 3, 4}; SetAttributes[f, HoldAll] f[p_] := Module[{m = p, i = Random[Integer, {1, Length[p]}]}, p = Drop[p, {i}]; m[[i]]] f[s] 3 s {1, 2, 4} Andrzej Kozlowski Oxford, UK On 9 Jan 2007, at 19:25, Andrzej Kozlowski wrote: > If I understand you correctly, all you need is something like this: > > > s = {1, 2, 3, 4}; > > SetAttributes[f, HoldAll] > > f[p_] := Module[{i = Random[Integer, > {1, Length[p]}]}, p = Drop[p, {i}]] > f[s] > {2, 3, 4} > > f[s] > {2, 3} > > Andrzej Kozlowski > Oxford, UK > > > > On 9 Jan 2007, at 12:49, zac wrote: > >> Dear Group, >> >> I'm in need of a function, which is called with one argument, a list. >> The function is to chose one element of the list randomly, AND modify >> the original list by removing the chosen element from it. My >> problem is >> that I cannot modify the global variable from inside the function. It >> is not a solution to return with a list such as: >> Return[{chosen_element, modified_local_list}], and than make an >> assignment outside the function. >> I'm thinking on some call-by-reference method, but as I've learned so >> far, there is no user-friendly way to do this, just some workarounds >> (which I don't know). Any suggestions? >> >> Istvan >> >> example code below: >> >> RandomChoseElem[list_List] := Module[ >> {pos, elem}, >> pos = Random[Integer, {1, Length[list]}]; >> elem = list[[pos]]; >> (* This is to be solved inside : *) >> (* global`list = Drop[global`list, {pos}]; *) >> Return[elem] >> ]; >> >> set = {1, 2, 3, 4}; >> >> RandomChoseElem[set] >>
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- From: "zac" <replicatorzed@gmail.com>
- Call-by-reference from inside a function