thanks for the help with list - extended syntax question
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- Subject: [mg40617] thanks for the help with list - extended syntax question
- From: "Nathan Moore" <nmoore at physics.umn.edu>
- Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 02:02:37 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: University of Minnesota, Physics
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Why is it in Mathematica that I can't operate on lists as if they are long
arrays(in the style of c) It would be orders of magnitude easier or me to
just type,
data = {{x1,y1},{x2,y2}...{xn,yn}}
and then find the desited sum like,
for(i=0,sum=0;i<;i++) { sum += data[[i,1]]*data[[i,2]]; }
It seems idiotic that syntax like this (which most of the scientific world
would understand) is not allowed! I hate learning new (redundant) computer
languages!!!
Nathan
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