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Re: setting discrete values for a function -- newbie

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  • Subject: [mg97643] Re: [mg97600] setting discrete values for a function -- newbie
  • From: "David Park" <djmpark at comcast.net>
  • Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:03:30 -0500 (EST)
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How about this method:

f[a] = 1; f[b] = 2; f[c] = 3;
{f[a], f[b], f[c]}
{1, 2, 3}

Do[f[i] = 0, {i, {a, b, c}}]
{f[a], f[b], f[c]}
{0, 0, 0}

David Park
djmpark at comcast.net
http://home.comcast.net/~djmpark/  

From: Karsten W. [mailto:Karsten.G.Weinert at googlemail.com] 
Hello,

my task is to set some function values f[[a], f[b], ... to zero. Is
there a nicer way to do this than this one:

Clear[f];
args = Partition[{a,b,c}, 1];
Apply[(f[#] = 0 )&, args, {1}];

Especially, can I avoid calling Partition?


Best wishes,
Karsten.




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