Re: Which, Switch, If, and Piecewise
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- Subject: [mg116713] Re: Which, Switch, If, and Piecewise
- From: "Scot T. Martin" <smartin at seas.harvard.edu>
- Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:33:05 -0500 (EST)
>From my experience: - PieceWise[..] is appropriate if your function will be used inside another numerical function, such as Integrate[...] - Which[..] and Switch[..] are good for flow control in a program. Use whichever is more convenient for the type of flow control you want. - If[..] is a scaled down version of Which[..] and Switch[..] that can be a great shortcut if your flow control needs are simple. -----Original Message----- From: Harvey P. Dale [mailto:hpd1 at nyu.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 06:21 To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net Subject: [mg116713] [mg116684] Which, Switch, If, and Piecewise What are the pros and cons among Which, Switch, If, and Piecewise? When should one use one rather than the others? Is one usually faster? Is one easier to compile? Thanks, Harvey ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ________________________________________________________