Re: Help please: Summing a list
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- Subject: [mg13513] Re: Help please: Summing a list
- From: Hans Staugaard <hans.staugaard_NO_SPAM_ at _NO_SPAM_get2net.dk>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 04:33:27 -0400
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robpetersonSPAMME at iname.com skrev:
>
> I make a list of numbers, eg:
>
> P=Table[6,{x,0,110}]; (I have a more interesting list to use later if I
> get this working)
>
> Now I want to make another list PP in which each entry PP[[i]] is the
> sum of P's first i entries. I try
>
> PP[[i]]:=Sum[P[[n]],{n,0,i}];
>
> At the definition, I get the following error: Part::"pspec":
> "Part specification \!\(n\) is neither an integer nor a list of
> integers."
>
> I don't know how to make n an integer. In the definition of Sum[], it
> seems n is an integer unless you add a forth parameter "di" in the
> specification list such as
> Sum[f, {i, imin, imax, di}]
>
> Can anyone help me to generate this second list?
>
> Thanks, Rob
I hope this can help you
In[11]:=
P=Range[10]
Out[11]=
{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}
In[12]:=
PP=FoldList[Plus,First[P],Rest[P]]
Out[12]=
{1,3,6,10,15,21,28,36,45,55}