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Re: Using Table and ignoring all errors and warnings?

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  • Subject: [mg125684] Re: Using Table and ignoring all errors and warnings?
  • From: A Retey <awnl at gmx-topmail.de>
  • Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 02:55:46 -0500 (EST)
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Hi,

> I would like to use Table function, but have it ignore any errors or
> warnings and skip that value if one is produced.
>
> Illustrative Example:
>
> Table[1/i, {i, -3, 2}] Power::infy: Infinite expression 1/0
> encountered.>> {-(1/3), -(1/2), -1, ComplexInfinity, 1, 1/2}
>
> I would like the output to just be
>
> {-(1/3), -(1/2), -1, 1, 1/2}
>
> with no errors/warnings given as messages and the index that would
> produce a message to just be ignored. It's not just specific to 1/0
> error, but any type of error or warning I want it to ignore it and
> skip to the next value; with the final output being a list of valid
> answers according to expr.
>
> Is there a way to do that? Thanks!

There might be plenty, especially because your specification isn't that 
precise :-)

Here is one version which works for your example:

Quiet[Table[Check[1/i, Unevaluated[Sequence[]]], {i, -3, 2}]]


hth,

albert





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