Re: about scoping in modules
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- Subject: [mg85813] Re: about scoping in modules
- From: Oliver Ruebenkoenig <ruebenko at uni-freiburg.de>
- Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:25:02 -0500 (EST)
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On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, David Bailey wrote:
> P_ter wrote:
>> Hello,
>> in the next two modules I would like that the inner module uses a variable from the outer module.
>> mfb[oneObj_] := Module[{ttmp = oneObj},AppendTo[ global2mfb, ttmp]]
>> mfa[e_] := Module[{global2mfb = e, t = 3},mfb[t] ]
>> mfa[{2,3}] gives a message that global2mfb is not a variable with a value, so it can not be changed.
>> It means I do not understand the concept of module in Mathematica. My questions are:
>> 1. why does it go wrong?
>> 2. how can I realize what I want?
>> with friendly greetings,
>> P_ter
>>
> Well, despite its name, global2mfb is local to the Module in which it
> appears - so using it elsewhere refers to a global variable of the same
> name with no value - hence the diagnostic. This is the purpose of Module
> - to stop one use of a variable clashing with another.
>
> Take the assignment global2mfb=e outside the list of local
> initialisations, and I think you will get what you want.
>
almost,
AppendTo needs a reference not an explicit List
such as
x={1,2}
AppendTo[x,1]
AppendTo[{1,2},3] can not work since:
Attributes[ AppendTo]
you could not access the result.
Oliver
Oliver Ruebenkoenig, <ruebenko AT uni-freiburg.de>