Re: Getting rid of the arrow in FindRoot output (newbie question)
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- Subject: [mg38851] Re: [mg38812] Getting rid of the arrow in FindRoot output (newbie question)
- From: Nigel King <king at dircon.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 03:18:56 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
> Hi, this is a newbie question, I am just starting to learn how to use
> Mathematica.
>
> How do I get rid of the arrow ("->") from the output when using
> FindRoot?
>
> E.g.
> p := FindRoot[x + Log[x] == 5, {x, 1}]
> Print[p]
>
> gives the output
>
> {x -> 3.69344}
p := x/.FindRoot[x + Log[x] == 5, {x, 1}]
Print[p]
should give
3.69344
>
> and then if I change
>
> Print[p]
>
> to
>
> Print[p + 1]
now gives
4.69344
>
> then the output is
>
> {1 + (x -> 3.69344)}
--
Nigel