RE: Variable Assignment
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg14010] RE: [mg14007] Variable Assignment
- From: Daniel CLEMENT <dclement at mail.cpod.fr>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 02:57:52 -0400
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
The result is a replacement rule for the variable x. If you want to use
it, you need the ReplaceAll instruction or its abridged form '/.'
(note the dot):
In[1]:= FindRoot[Exp[x] == x^2, {x, -0.5}]
Out[1]= {x --> -0.703467}
In[2]:= a=x /. %
Out[2]= -0.703467
In[3]:= a
Out[3]= -0.703467
Daniel CLEMENT
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> Sent: Sunday, September 13, 1998, 8:45:09
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> Subject: [mg14007] Variable Assignment
>
> FindRoot[Exp[x] == x^2, {x, -0.5}]
>
> {x --> -0.703467}
>
> How do I assign the result [-0.7033467] to a variable?
>
>
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