Re: how to replace a list of variables
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- Subject: [mg14042] Re: how to replace a list of variables
- From: "W. K. Bertram" <wkb at ansto.gov.au>
- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 03:50:25 -0400
- Organization: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
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Shih-Ying Wu wrote:
> Hi, I just got emails discussing how to assign a solution to a variable.
> However, the same approach doesn't work for the following similar
> question, in which the solution is a vector.
>
> FindRoot[{x+y==10,x==y},{x,3},{y,3}] {{x->5,y->5}}
> {x,y}={x,y}/.%
>
> Thanks.
>
> Shih-ying Wu
but if you write,
FindRoot[{x+y == 10, x == y}, {x, 3}, {y, 3}] u = {x, y} /. %
you'll get u = {5, 5}.
Cheers,
Bill