Re: pure function
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- Subject: [mg113708] Re: pure function
- From: Sebastian <sebhofer at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 05:39:07 -0500 (EST)
- References: <ib8cre$2e1$1@smc.vnet.net>
On Nov 8, 9:37 am, Stephan <stschif... at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a function that returns a pure function:
>
> In[1]:= getFunc := Module[{a=2}, Function[{x}, a * x]]
>
> In[2]:= f = getFunc
>
> Out[2]= Function[{x$}, a$57 x$]
>
> Is there any way, to have the body of the returned function contain the a=
ctual _value_ of the local variable a, instead of the _symbol_ ?
>
> So I would like the returned function to be written as
>
> Function[{x$}, 2 x$]
>
> The reason is, that I would like to have a quick way to actually see the =
value instead of digging out the local variable a$57...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stephan
getFunc := With[{a=2}, Function[{x}, a * x]]
HTH
Sebastian