Re: Beginner--How to simulate multiple returns for a function?
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- Subject: [mg66454] Re: Beginner--How to simulate multiple returns for a function?
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 02:57:27 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
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Robert Dodier wrote:
> Jens-Peer Kuska wrote:
>
>> what are multiple returns ?
>
> Probably what the original poster wants is not just to return a list,
> but to return a list and assign its elements to multiple variables.
> E.g. Python understands the following
>
> (A, B, C) = (1, 2, 3)
>
> to mean A = 1, B = 2, C = 3. Lisp has several similar constructs
> (MULTIPLE-VALUE-BIND and so on).
>
> Of course it would help if people would just come right out and
> say what they want.
>
> FWIW
> Robert Dodier
>
Hi Robert,
We can do that in Mathematica too. Just replace parenthesis by curly
braces as in
In[1]:=
Clear[a, b, c]
a + b + c
{a, b, c} = {1, 2, 3}
{c, b, a}
a + b + c
{a, b, c} == {1, 2, 3}
Out[2]=
a + b + c
Out[3]=
{1, 2, 3}
Out[4]=
{3, 2, 1}
Out[5]=
6
Out[6]=
True
Best regards,
Jean-Marc