Re: Relational Operators and Random Integers
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- Subject: [mg90342] Re: [mg90305] Relational Operators and Random Integers
- From: peter <pl.0 at mac.com>
- Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 07:20:44 -0400 (EDT)
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Pete
I think the RandomChoice function is persistent;
In[132]:= x:=RandomChoice[{1,2,3}]
In[133]:= x
Out[133]= 1
In[134]:= x
Out[134]= 2
In[135]:= x
Out[135]= 1
In[136]:= x
Out[136]= 3
In[137]:= x
Out[137]= 1
In[138]:= x
Out[138]= 2
Peter Lindsay
On 5 Jul 2008, at 09:49, Peter Evans wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm a new user of Mathematica 6 and am struggling with some basics.
> I wish to write a set of rules which are dependent upon a random
> variable. I've been using RandomChoice to choose my variable and
> then large If and Which statements to produce my desired dynamics.
>
> The problem is that the number that these statements end up spitting
> out aren't recognised as what they are in further If and Which
> statements. Here's a simple example that demonstrates my problem:
>
> In[1]:= x := RandomChoice[{1, 2, 3}]
> x
> Which[x == 1, 1, x == 2, 2, x == 3, 3]
>
> Out[2]= 1
>
> Out[3]= 2
>
> Mathematica clearly thinks x to be 1 but the If statement indicates
> its 2. What am I doing wrong here?
>
> Much thanks,
>
> Pete
>
- References:
- Relational Operators and Random Integers
- From: Peter Evans <peter.w.evans@gmail.com>
- Relational Operators and Random Integers