RE: Re: Test of a pure function
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- Subject: [mg34046] RE: [mg34041] Re: [mg34010] Test of a pure function
- From: "DrBob" <majort at cox-internet.com>
- Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 03:46:39 -0400 (EDT)
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I like this solution a lot and can't think why I missed the idea... probably because I'm not used to thinking in terms of patterns yet. HOWEVER, if the list isn't always sorted and you want to find adjacent list elements that bracket x, a solution more like mine is required. Bobby -----Original Message----- From: BobHanlon at aol.com [mailto:BobHanlon at aol.com] To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net Subject: [mg34046] [mg34041] Re: [mg34010] Test of a pure function In a message dated 4/26/02 5:11:41 AM, soconnor at ccs.nrl.navy.mil writes: >I hope someone can help me with this I know the solution should be easy >but I am still learning how pure functions work. > >I am trying to pick out a position in a list were a number falls i.e. > >Position[xBins, _?(#1<=x <= #2 &)]. I keep getting errors Like these > > >Function::slotn: Slot number 2 in #1 x #2& cannot be filled >from \ >(#1 x #2&)[List]. > >Function::slotn: Slot number 2 in >#1 x #2& cannot be filled from \ >(#1 x #2&)[-1]. > >From >In[83]:= >Function::slotn: Slot number 2 in #1 x #2& cannot be filled from >\ >(#1 x #2&)[-0.995]. > >General::stop: Further output of >Function::slotn will be suppressed during \ >this calculation. > > >Can I make a comparison with the nth and nth+1 element in a pure function. > Rather than trying to compare x to two adjacent values, restructure the question to count the number of values less than or equal to x. myPosition[xBins_?VectorQ, x_?NumericQ] := Count[xBins, _?(#<=x&)]+1; data = Sort[Table[Random[], {10}]] {0.08812644925276472, 0.10010226701182356, 0.4254438313086471, 0.4540738901849056, 0.5471335846922069, 0.6297724295620055, 0.725499086248874, 0.8527355066955329, 0.8919613144350851, 0.9392439737457312} myPosition[data, .5] 5 Bob Hanlon Chantilly, VA USA