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Re: Calculate the first time, not each time (?)

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  • Subject: [mg94577] Re: Calculate the first time, not each time (?)
  • From: Szabolcs <szhorvat at gmail.com>
  • Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:04:39 -0500 (EST)
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On Dec 16, 8:33 am, Michael Young <michaelcharlesyo... at earthlink.net>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm doing some engineering which will involve a large number of points =
 
> -- and I anticipate time problems if all steps are repeated for each  
> one.   Here's an outline of the way I'd like to approach it.
>
> shapeprimativeXvalues := N[Table[functionpX[v], {v, vlimit}]]
> shapeprimativeYvalues := N[Table[functionpY[v], {v, vlimit}]]
>
> Arriving at these will involve some calculation, and once the results  
> are in, it is unnecessary that the this be repeated when the values  
> are used.
>
> adaptshapetoitslocation[v_] := (various operations on or including)  
> shapeprimativeXvalues[[v]] (and or) shapeprimativeYvalues[[v]]
>
> Is there a way I can instruct Mathematica to evaluate a table, (value  
> or function), once, when it is first called; then not to evaluate it  
> again, but to pass numerical results on request?

Use = instead of := in the assignment.

Read about the difference between Set (=) and SetDelayed (:=) in the
manual.  This is an essential distinction in Mathematica.


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