Re: Delayed function does not behave as original input
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- Subject: [mg97041] Re: Delayed function does not behave as original input
- From: dh <dh at metrohm.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 05:57:18 -0500 (EST)
- References: <godm4o$47b$1@smc.vnet.net>
Hi,
there is nothing wrong with your example. You must have fooled yourself,
as you can see from the error message. Instead of feeding lists, you
must have fed scalars: "52.25" and "2009" to rifle.
By the way, the "{1, -1, 2}" in Rifle is superfluous.
hope thias helps, Daniel
hayes.tyler at gmail.com wrote:
> Hello All:
>
> I am trying to make a simple function to Riffle two lists together for
> a DateListPlot. I have attached an example below to show you what I am
> trying to do. Clearly, I am missing something basic here, but cannot
> seem to see what.
>
> EXAMPLE CODE
>
> close = {52.25`, 52.`, 52.01`, 52.06`, 52.14`, 52.45`, 52.06`, 51.89`,
> 52.06`, 52.05`};
>
> dates = {{2009, 2, 26, 9, 30, 0}, {2009, 2, 26, 9, 31, 0}, {2009, 2,
> 26, 9, 32, 0}, {2009, 2, 26, 9, 33, 0}, {2009, 2, 26, 9, 34,
> 0}, {2009, 2, 26, 9, 35, 0}, {2009, 2, 26, 9, 36, 0}, {2009, 2,
> 26, 9, 37, 0}, {2009, 2, 26, 9, 38, 0}, {2009, 2, 26, 9, 39, 0}};
>
> closedates = Partition[Riffle[close, dates, {1, -1, 2}], 2]
>
> Out[178]= {{{2009, 2, 26, 9, 30, 0}, 52.25}, {{2009, 2, 26, 9, 31, 0},
> 52.}, {{2009, 2, 26, 9, 32, 0}, 52.01}, {{2009, 2, 26, 9, 33, 0},
> 52.06}, {{2009, 2, 26, 9, 34, 0}, 52.14}, {{2009, 2, 26, 9, 35, 0},
> 52.45}, {{2009, 2, 26, 9, 36, 0}, 52.06}, {{2009, 2, 26, 9, 37, 0},
> 51.89}, {{2009, 2, 26, 9, 38, 0}, 52.06}, {{2009, 2, 26, 9, 39, 0},
> 52.05}}
>
> (* The above is what I want *)
>
> dateDataMerge[datedata_, ordinatedata_] :=
> Partition[Riffle[ordinatedata, datedata, {1, -1, 2}], 2];
>
> closedatesbad = dateDataMerge[dates, close]
>
> During evaluation of In[180]:= Riffle::list: List expected at position
> 1 in Riffle[52.25,2009,{1,-1,2}]. >>
>
> During evaluation of In[180]:= Riffle::list: List expected at position
> 1 in Riffle[52.25,2009]. >>
>
> During evaluation of In[180]:= Riffle::argtu: Riffle called with 1
> argument; 2 or 3 arguments are expected. >>
>
> During evaluation of In[180]:= Riffle::list: List expected at position
> 1 in Riffle[52.25,2,{1,-1,2}]. >>
>
> During evaluation of In[180]:= General::stop: Further output of
> Riffle::list will be suppressed during this calculation. >>
>
>
> END OF EXAMPLE CODE
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
>
> t.
>