Re: Functions with data hidden in them
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- Subject: [mg81870] Re: Functions with data hidden in them
- From: markholtuk at googlemail.com
- Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 04:54:20 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi Neil,
I'm not exactly sure what you want, so this probably isn't what you
mean (I'm sure others will give you the answer you need), however I
thought I'd share this neat trick with you that I use sometimes to
hide/store/transfer data and/or code.
The first step is to create a button containing your data (in Mathematica 6.0)
as follows:
Button["data", {data = Interpolation[Table[Sin[x], {x, 0, 2 Pi}]]}]
Quit the kernel to remove any references to data and then press the
button.
Next type data and evaluate:
In[1]:= data
Out[1]= InterpolatingFunction[{{1,7}},<>]
Then pull some values out from this:
In[2]:= data[1]
data[1.5]
data[2]
Out[2]= 0
Out[3]= 0.513544
Out[4]= Sin[1]
You can do something similar with ButtonBox in Mathematica 5.2, but it's not
as straightforward.
Sorry if that was not what you wanted, but maybe you'll find some use
for it!
Mark
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On Oct 4, 9:41 am, Neil Stewart <neil.stew... at warwick.ac.uk> wrote:
> The Interpolation[] function somehow "hides" the data passed to it in the
> InterpolationFunction object that it returns. In the example below, when
> f[1] is evaluated it is using information from the list data, but does not
> have the list data passed to it as parameter.
>
> In[1]:= data = {{1, 1}, {2, 2}, {3, 3}}
>
> In[2]:= f = Interpolation[data]
>
> In[3]:= f[1]
> Out[3]= 1
>
> How can I write my own function that stores data inside itself in the same
> way that Interpolation does? I'm aiming to write a functions that takes a
> number as a parameter and consults a large data set to return a number. I'm
> not sure where to start - any ideas very welcome!
>
> Thanks,
> Neil.