Re: Why the loop gain no result?
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- Subject: [mg126084] Re: Why the loop gain no result?
- From: Bill Rowe <readnews at sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 03:19:43 -0400 (EDT)
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On 4/14/12 at 3:10 AM, geotom.cao at gmail.com (Huafeng Cao) wrote:
>I use the' For' loop to solving an equation, such as : For[i = 1, i
>< 5, i++, a = i; Solve[a*x^2 - 2 x + 1 == 0, x]].The
>'a' in the body must be updated in every loop with the 'i'. But i
>cann' t gain the result,Somewhere is disorder? I am confused.
From the documentation for For
Unless an explicit Return is used, the value returned by For is Null
And that is why your code doesn't display any result. Instead of
using For, use Table, i.e.
Table[Solve[a*x^2 - 2 x + 1 == 0, x], {a, 5}]