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Re: setting discrete values for a function -- newbie

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  • Subject: [mg97644] Re: setting discrete values for a function -- newbie
  • From: Szabolcs Horvát <szhorvat at gmail.com>
  • Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:03:41 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <gpld42$qj5$1@smc.vnet.net>

Karsten W. wrote:
> 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?
> 

Map is what you need, not Apply:

(f[#] = 0) & /@ {a, b, c}

Or perhaps Scan is more appropriate (since we don't care about the 
return values):

Scan[(f[#] = 0) &, {a, b, c}]

Yet another possibility is

f[x_] /; MemberQ[{a, b, c}, x] = 0


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