Re: thanks for the help with list - extended syntax question
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- Subject: [mg40678] Re: [mg40617] thanks for the help with list - extended syntax question
- From: Dr Bob <majort at cox-internet.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 02:17:49 -0400 (EDT)
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>> I hate learning new (redundant) computer languages!!!
Who's making you?
Bobby
On Fri, 11 Apr 2003 02:02:37 -0400 (EDT), Nathan Moore
<nmoore at physics.umn.edu> wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
--
majort at cox-internet.com
Bobby R. Treat
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- From: "Nathan Moore" <nmoore@physics.umn.edu>
- thanks for the help with list - extended syntax question