Re: list of dates
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg88598] Re: list of dates
- From: "Roger Nye" <roger.nye at actuary.ch>
- Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 03:26:30 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <fvmmke$85u$1@smc.vnet.net>
Thanks for your suggestions. Bill's last attempt was nearly twice as fast as mine. This has taught me a lot about handling lists, functions and dates with Mathematica, but also some of its limitations and the hoops one has to jump through. In the end, I finished the job in Stata, which is built primarily around lists and therefore handles them more directly and efficiently (but less flexibly). I had also briefly flirted with using Mathematica as a mathematical word-processor in place of Word & MathType. I need to give more thought to when Mathematica is the most suitable tool for future jobs. Thanks again for all your help. Roger