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Re: Assigning Values to Many Symbols at Once

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• Subject: [mg101737] Re: [mg101699] Assigning Values to Many Symbols at Once
• From: Gerry Flanagan <flanagan at materials-sciences.com>
• Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:13:00 -0400 (EDT)
• References: <200907141200.IAA05959@smc.vnet.net>

Here's an simple one
Table[
 Set[Evaluate[Symbol["x" <> ToString[i]]], initialValue], {i, 1, 5}]

Gerry F.

Gregory Lypny wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I can create a bunch of symbols on the fly using the Symbol command,  
> as in
>
> 	Table[Symbol["x" <> ToString[i]], {i, 5}]
>
> to get
>
> 	{x1,x2,x3,x4,x5}
>
> But how can I assign values to these all at once?
>
> Regards,
>
> 	Gregory
>
>
>   

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  • Assigning Values to Many Symbols at Once
    • From: Gregory Lypny <gregory.lypny@videotron.ca>