Re: dynamic nested loops
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- Subject: [mg122846] Re: dynamic nested loops
- From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 07:34:23 -0500 (EST)
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Sum has non-standard evaluation-order going on, hence something like this:
limits = {{i, 1, 3}, {j, 2, 5}}
sum[f[i, j], Sequence @@ limits] /. sum -> Sum
{{i, 1, 3}, {j, 2, 5}}
f[1, 2] + f[1, 3] + f[1, 4] + f[1, 5] + f[2, 2] + f[2, 3] + f[2, 4] +
f[2, 5] + f[3, 2] + f[3, 3] + f[3, 4] + f[3, 5]
Bobby
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:56:10 -0600, Ron <ragove at verizon.net> wrote:
> i need to perform nested sums such as Sum[f, {i,imin,imax},{j, jmin,
> jmax}, ...{}]. In each nest the new index is a function of the previous
> and the max values vary. Also at the beginning I do not know how long a
> nest I need. I can't come up with anything that works. I could
> construct a list {{i,imin,imax},{j, jmin, jmax}, ...{}} but "Sum" doen't
> know what to do with the outside braces{...}.
> ANy suggestions would be much appreciated.
>
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