Re: Indexed Slot in a Rule - How to do it??
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- Subject: [mg100362] Re: [mg100289] Indexed Slot in a Rule - How to do it??
- From: Leonid Shifrin <lshifr at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 06:41:06 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <200905311034.GAA16834@smc.vnet.net>
Hi Alan,
Using anonymous pure function semantics will probably be not the simplest
way to achieve your goal. Assuming that your variables {x1,x2,etc} don't
have global values (you must ensure it in your construction anyway) and that
you know which ones and how many of them you need in advance, here is a
possibility:
In[1] =
convertToFunction[eqs_, vars_List] := Function[Evaluate[vars], eqs];
In[2] = T = convertToFunction[{0, 5*x1, 1, 10*x3, 3*x2},{x1,x2,x3}]
Out[2] = Function[{x1, x2, x3}, {0, 5 x1, 1, 10 x3, 3 x2}]
In[3] = T[1, 2, 3]
Out[3] = {0, 5, 1, 30, 6}
This uses your variables x1, ... directly as function variables. The
<Evaluate> in the code is needed to force the binding to the variables
x1,etc. Note that the syntax is slightly different - you pass a sequence of
arguments rather than a list.
If you really need slots for the anonimous function (#...), what is your
application - what is it that you want to do with them?
Regards,
Leonid
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 3:34 AM, Alan <alan.stone at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Here's the problem. Convert a vector (list) with symbol names into
> indexed slots. I'm doing this so that I can turn the vector into
> function that takes a list. Here's an example of the desired
> behavior:
>
> eqs = {0, 5*x1, 1, 10*x3, 3*x2};
>
> convert this to:
>
> indexedeqs = {0, 5*#[[1]], 1, 10*#[[3]], 3*#[[2]]};
>
> T[q_]:=indexedeqs;
>
> T[{1,2,3}] = {0,5,1,30,6}
>
> I can't for the life of me figure out how to do this. I've been
> performing meta-Mathematica all week. Here's the closest I've come:
>
> xvars={x1,x2,x3};
> MapIndexed[Rule[#1, #[[First@#2]]] &, xvars]
>
> But, this treats the second # literally, and puts in the current item
> from xvars. I need a way for the second # to just be # without it
> really taking a value.
>
> So, I tried doing it as a string:
> xvars={x1,x2,x3};
> MapIndexed[Rule[#1, "#[[" <> ToString[First@#2] <> "]]"] &, xvars]
>
> And this creates a rule that looks correct, but, its right hand side
> of the rule is a string instead of an expression.
>
> I can't figure this out!!! Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> All the best,
> Alan
>
>