Re: Not-understandable warning
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- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 00:05:16 -0400 (EDT)
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Am 07.04.2013 03:54, schrieb JikaiRF at aol.com:
> Dear members:
>
> I have a difficulty to understand programming in Mathematica.
>
> I input the following, based on a textbook titled ``Programming with Mathematica: An Introduction" by Paul Wellin, which is published by Cambridge University Press.
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> mat = SparseArray[{i_, i_} \[RightArrow] 1, {4, 4}]
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> Then, I received an answer as
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> SparseArray[{i_, i_} \[RightArrow] 1, {4, 4}]
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> with a warning as
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> `` SparseArray::list: "List expected at position 1 in SparseArray[{i_, i_} \[RightArrow] 1, {4, 4}]".
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> In this textbook, on page 32, there appears a correct answer as follows:
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> SparseArray[<4>, {4,4}].
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> Why my Mathematica cannot understand my input?
>
> By the way, I use Mathematica 8.0.4.0 version and Mac OS 10.5.8.
>
> Sincerely,
> Fujio Takata.
>
Did you enter \[RightArrow] by keystrokes or palette?
Try "->" ((minus, greater), without quotes) instead.