Re: Local variable in ToExpression?
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg85548] Re: Local variable in ToExpression?
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:55:46 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Uni Leipzig
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- Reply-to: kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de
Hi,
test[] := Block[{result = 0}, ToExpression["result=1"]; result]
??
Regards
Jens
karl.daggfeldt at gih.se wrote:
> Hi,
> How can I create a local variable from text in ToExpression?
>
> test[] := Module[{result = 0},
> ToExpression["result=1"]; result]
>
> test[] will return 0
> How can I make it return 1?
> (here ToExpression is creating a global variable; result=1, even though it is placed inside the Module)
>
> Sincerely
> Karl Daggfeldt
>