Re: NestWhile
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg32537] Re: [mg32519] NestWhile
- From: Mianlai Zhou <lailai at nikhef.nl>
- Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 04:07:55 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi, NestWhileList[f, 7, # != 1 &] will work. Good luck! Mianlai Zhou Theory Group, NIKHEF Amsterdam, the Netherlands On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Tom De Vries wrote: > Hello! > > I know this is a simple question, hope someone can help me out..... > > If I define the function > > f[n_] := If[EvenQ[n], n/2, 3n + 1] > > > I can then apply NestList and generate a nice number loop...... > > NestList[f, 7, 23] > > I want to use NestWhileList and stop when the generated number is a 1. How > do I do that? > > Thanks for the help, > > Sincerely, > > Tom De Vries > >