Re: A variable defaulting to a previous variable?
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- Subject: [mg121958] Re: A variable defaulting to a previous variable?
- From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 04:48:07 -0400 (EDT)
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Clear[f] f[x_] := f[x, x] f[x_, y_] := x + y f[2, 3] f[3] 5 6 Bobby On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:25:54 -0500, Brentt <brenttnewman at gmail.com> wrote: > How would one go about making a variable default to a previous variable? > > I would like results like this: > > In[1]= f[x_, y_: x] := x+y; >> In[2]= f[2,3] >> Out[1]= 5 >> In[3]= f[3] >> Out[1]= 6 >> > > > > But, of course, Mathematica won't let me use a previous argument for the > default of the next argument. Is there a way to do this? -- DrMajorBob at yahoo.com
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- A variable defaulting to a previous variable?