RE: lists w/o double brackets
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- Subject: [mg31454] RE: [mg31436] lists w/o double brackets
- From: "David Park" <djmp at earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 05:29:19 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Gavin,
Here are two methods.
list = {{v1, v2}, {v3, v4}, {v5, v6}};
f[arg1, Sequence @@ list]
f[arg1, {v1, v2}, {v3, v4}, {v5, v6}]
f[arg1, ##] & @@ list
f[arg1, {v1, v2}, {v3, v4}, {v5, v6}]
David Park
djmp at earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~djmp/
> From: Gavin K Brennen [mailto:gbrennen at unm.edu]
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
>
> Hello,
>
> I am using the function FindRoot with a large number of
> simultaneous equations.
>
> FindRoot[eqs,initialvals]
>
> I have a function for generating the equations which works fine as a list
> input in FindRoot, however I am having difficulty creating a function for
> generating initialvals that will be accepted by FindRoot. The problem
> seems to be that FindRoot demands a format
>
> FindRoot[{eq1,eq2,...,eqn},{var1,val1},{var2,val2},...,{varn,valn}]
>
> the variables and initial values of which must appear as a list without
> double brackets. The function I have for generating the initial values
> always outputs the list as follows
>
>
> Input
> initialvals
> Output
> {{var1,val1},{var2,val2},...,{varn,valn}}.
>
> Note the double brackets which FindRoot will not accept.
> I have tried using
>
> initialvals2=StringReplace[ToString[initialvals], {"{{" -> "{", "}}" ->
> "}"}]
>
> which eliminates the double brackets, however FindRoot will not accept
> stings as input for the variables and upon converting back to an
> Expression
> using
>
> ToExpression[initialvals2]
>
> the double brackets return.
>
> Is there a solution to this without having to manually cut and paste the
> output of my expression for initialvals without the double brackets into
> FindRoot?
>
> Thanks much,
>
> Gavin
> gbrennen at unm.edu
>
>
>