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Re: Pattern Syntax for Alternate Heads with Default Value

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg125874] Re: Pattern Syntax for Alternate Heads with Default Value
• From: Bill Rowe <readnews at sbcglobal.net>
• Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 05:55:29 -0400 (EDT)
• Delivered-to: l-mathgroup@mail-archive0.wolfram.com

On 4/4/12 at 4:27 AM, benp84 at gmail.com (Ben) wrote:

>I'm trying to build a unary function which accepts only arguments
>with two possible heads and has a default value.  That is, something
>like the following, except that this doesn't work.  Anyone know how
>to do this correctly?

>f[(x_Real | x_Integer) : 2.5] := x^2; where f[3] = 9 and f[1.5] =
>2.25 and f[] = 6.25

In[16]:= f[x_?(# \[Element] Reals &)] := x^2
f[x_] := 6.25

In[19]:= Clear[y]; f[y]

Out[19]= 6.25

In[20]:= f[.8]

Out[20]= 0.64

No need to test for integers since reals include integers.