Re: setting discrete values for a function -- newbie
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- Subject: [mg97630] Re: setting discrete values for a function -- newbie
- From: Ray Koopman <koopman at sfu.ca>
- Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:01:01 -0500 (EST)
- References: <gpld42$qj5$1@smc.vnet.net>
Scan[(f[#] = 0)&,{a,b,c}]
On Mar 16, 4:28 am, "Karsten W." <Karsten.G.Wein... at googlemail.com>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> my task is to set some function values f[[a], f[b], ... to zero. Is
> there a nicer way to do this than this one:
>
> Clear[f];
> args = Partition[{a,b,c}, 1];
> Apply[(f[#] = 0 )&, args, {1}];
>
> Especially, can I avoid calling Partition?
>
> Best wishes,
> Karsten.