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Re: returning a variable's name, rather than the variable's contents

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• Subject: [mg68436] Re: [mg68422] returning a variable's name, rather than the variable's contents
• From: János <janos.lobb at yale.edu>
• Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 03:46:34 -0400 (EDT)
• References: <200608040759.DAA01103@smc.vnet.net>
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On Aug 4, 2006, at 3:59 AM, Michael Stern wrote:

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> There must be a simple way to do this but it eludes me. Take for  
> example the
> following:
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> In[2]:= a=1;b=2;c=3;
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> In[3]:= Max[a,b,c]
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> Out[3]= 3
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> What would I do if I wanted Out[3] to equal "c" ?
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Michael Stern
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>

Here is a real newbie approach without assignments:

In[1]:=
eqns = {a -> 1, b -> 2,
    c -> 3}
revs = {1 -> a, 2 -> b,
    3 -> c}
Out[1]=
{a -> 1, b -> 2, c -> 3}
Out[2]=
{1 -> a, 2 -> b, 3 -> c}

In[3]:=
Max[a, b, c] /. eqns /. revs
Out[3]=
c

János

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    • From: "Michael Stern" <stern@merrinmanagement.com>