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Re: Slots & Ampersands

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  • Subject: [mg74374] Re: Slots & Ampersands
  • From: dh <dh at metrohm.ch>
  • Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:55:20 -0500 (EST)
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Hi Ajit,

RGBColor[1, 0, 0]& is a function that returns a constant of RGBColor[1, 

0, 0]. The argument is not used, therefore, there is no #.

Any constant function does not use its argument and has no #.

Daniel



Mr Ajit Sen wrote:

>   Dear MathGroup,

> 

>  I've always regarded the Slot and Ampersand as being

>  inseparable in Mathematica (the Laurel & Hardy of 

>  Mathematica?), and was surprised to find one of them absent

> in

> 

>    Plot[Sin[x], {x, 0, 2Pi}, ColorOutput -> 

>       (RGBColor[1, 0, 0]&)]

> 

>  [Help Browser under ColorOutput::colpc ,Examples]

> 

>   Question 1

> 

>   Where is Laurel gone? Is he inside ColorOutput or

>   RGBColor?

> 

>   Question 2

> 

>   Are there other similar constructs in Mathematica? [No # ]

> 

>   Thanks for your help.

> 

>   Ajit Sen.

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 		

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