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Re: Can't assign value to symbols

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  • Subject: [mg58419] Re: Can't assign value to symbols
  • From: Peter Pein <petsie at dordos.net>
  • Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 04:06:15 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <da2mpq$93f$1@smc.vnet.net>
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Lee Newman schrieb:
> Hello,
> 
> Situation:  I have a table that contains parameters and sets of values 
> that I want to assign to the parameters for the purposes of running a 
> simulation.
> - parameters = {{a,b,c},{1,2,3},{4,5,6},{7,8,9}}
> - want to assign values in a given row to the symbols listed in the 
> first row.
> - tried using:  MapThread[  #1 = #2 &, {parameters[[1]], parameters[[3]]} ]
> - fails with error  "Tag Slot in #1 is Protected"
> - tried adding Unprotect[#1] and a variety of other attemps, but can't 
> get it to work.
> 
> Anyone know how might accomplish this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Lee
> 
> 

Do you want sth. like

In[1]:=
parameters = {{a, b, c}, {1, 2, 3}, {4, 5, 6}, {7, 8, 9}};
f[a, b, c] /. Thread[First[parameters] -> #1] & ) /@ Rest[parameters]

Out[2]=
{f[1, 2, 3], f[4, 5, 6], f[7, 8, 9]}

?
-- 
Peter Pein
Berlin


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