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Re: Set::setraw error

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  • Subject: [mg90361] Re: Set::setraw error
  • From: Peter Breitfeld <phbrf at t-online.de>
  • Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 05:07:13 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <g4q9kl$e6o$1@smc.vnet.net>

Steven Siew schrieb:
> I have encountered this Set:setraw error for the code below.
>
> I'm stumped. Does anyone have any idea what went wrong?
>
> xgcd[a_,b_]:=Module[{xsign=1,ysign=1,x=1,y=0,r=0,s=1,c,q},
>     If[a == 0 && b == 0,Return[{0,0,1}]];
>     If[a == 0,Return[{Abs[b],0,b/Abs[b]}] ];
>     If[b == 0,Return[{Abs[a],a/Abs[a],0}]];
>     If[a<0,a=-a; xsign=-1];
>     If[b<0,b=-b; ysign=-1];
>     While[b\[NotEqual]0,
>       {c,q}={Mod[a,b],Quotient[a,b]};
>       {a,b,r,s,x,y}={b,c,x-q*r,y-q*s,r,s}
>       ];
>     Return[{a,x*xsign,y*ysign}]
>     ]
>
> xgcd[2, 3]
>
> \!\(\*
>   RowBox[{\(Set::"setraw"\), \(\(:\)\(\ \)\), "\<\"Cannot assign to
> raw \
> object \\!\\(2\\). \\!\\(\\*ButtonBox[\\\"More\[Ellipsis]\\\", \
> ButtonStyle->\\\"RefGuideLinkText\\\", ButtonFrame->None, \
> ButtonData:>\\\"Set::setraw\\\"]\\)\"\>"}]\)
>

You cannot assign a value to the parameter of a function inside
Module, Try this

xgcd[aa_, bb_] := 
 Module[{a = aa, b = bb, xsign = 1, ysign = 1, x = 1, y = 0, r = 0, 
   s = 1, c, q}, If[a == 0 && b == 0, Return[{0, 0, 1}]];
  If[a == 0, Return[{Abs[b], 0, b/Abs[b]}]];
  If[b == 0, Return[{Abs[a], a/Abs[a], 0}]];
  If[a < 0, a = -a; xsign = -1];
  If[b < 0, b = -b; ysign = -1];
  While[b != 0, {c, q} = {Mod[a, b], Quotient[a, b]};
   {a, b, r, s, x, y} = {b, c, x - q*r, y - q*s, r, s}];
  Return[{a, x*xsign, y*ysign}]]

xgcd[2, 3]

Out= {1,-1,1}

Gruss Peter
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