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Parameter conditions

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  • Subject: [mg88656] Parameter conditions
  • From: Steven Siew <siewsk at bp.com>
  • Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 15:16:13 -0400 (EDT)

I'm just curious why the simple code below is not working.

Why is happy[4] not returning the number 200


In[1]:=  happy[p_?PrimeQ] = 100;
           happy[p_?Not[PrimeQ]] = 200;

In[3]:=  Inhappy[4]
Out[3]:= happy[4]

In[4]:=  happy[5]
Out[4]:=  100


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