Re: Assigning Values to Many Symbols at Once
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- Subject: [mg101714] Re: [mg101699] Assigning Values to Many Symbols at Once
- From: Jaebum Jung <jaebum at wolfram.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:08:46 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <200907141200.IAA05959@smc.vnet.net>
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
>
>
You can do it with MapThread
In[15]:= var=Table[Symbol["x"<>ToString[i]],{i,5}]
Out[15]= {x1,x2,x3,x4,x5}
In[16]:= MapThread[Set,{var,Range[5]}]
Out[16]= {1,2,3,4,5}
In[17]:= x2
Out[17]= 2
- Jay
- References:
- Assigning Values to Many Symbols at Once
- From: Gregory Lypny <gregory.lypny@videotron.ca>
- Assigning Values to Many Symbols at Once