Re: Table local
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- Subject: [mg113805] Re: Table local
- From: Patrick Scheibe <pscheibe at trm.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 06:06:57 -0500 (EST)
Hi,
no, it means maybe more "localization of the iteration variables":
Clear[i];
Table[i = i^2, {i, 5}];
i
Cheers
Patrick
On Sat, 2010-11-13 at 00:58 -0500, EF wrote:
> "Help, More Information" for Table states:
>
> Table effectively uses Block to localize values or variables.
>
> But
> Clear[u];
> Table[u = i^2, {i, 5}];
> u
>
> Clear[u];
> Table[u = i^2;, {i, 5}];
> u
>
> In both cases the value 25 for u is given.
> If u were really local, it should have no value outside of the Table
>
>
> For me there is a contradiction that can cause a lot of trouble
>
>
> E. F.
>