Re: Assignment problem
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- Subject: [mg86296] Re: Assignment problem
- From: Albert Retey <awnl at arcor.net>
- Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 02:33:55 -0500 (EST)
- References: <fqo8o1$suo$1@smc.vnet.net>
Hi, > I would like to do something like: > > For[ i=1, i<n, i++, ToExpression[ "q" <> ToString[i] ] = 0 ] This will work, at least one time, after that, you will get error messages: For[ i=1, i<n, i++, Evaluate[ToExpression[ "q" <> ToString[i] ]] = 0 ] Note that usually using a Do-Loop is the better choice in Mathematica: Do[Evaluate[ToExpression[ "q" <> ToString[i] ]] = 0 ,{i,1,n}] Now if you want to make this work even when there are definitions already there for qi then the following should work: Do[ Apply[ Set, Append[ToExpression["q" <> ToString[i], InputForm, Hold], 0] ], {i, 1, n} ] > I would not like to use the easy way out: > > For[ i=1, i<n, i++, q[i] = 0 ] > > of employing q[i] instead of qi. Why not? It usually is a much better approach... hth, albert