Re: defining consecutive variables
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- Subject: [mg99442] Re: defining consecutive variables
- From: Szabolcs <szhorvat at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 05:20:24 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <gtp199$joi$1@smc.vnet.net>
On May 5, 12:35 pm, Jason <jbig... at uoregon.edu> wrote:
> I have a code where I need to define a large number of variables as matri=
ces, called q1,q2,q3......qn. I'd like to be able to define them all withou=
t writing out n assignment lines, so a Do loop seems appropriate to me but =
I don't know how to assign sequential variable names. This gets the job don=
e but it is really ugly IMO
>
> f[x_] := Table[x RandomReal[], {n, 5}, {np, 5}](*for example*)
>
> Do[ToExpression["q" <> ToString[n] <> "=f[n]"], {n, 0, 40}]
>
> at the end of which I have 41 matrices which I can call as q0,q1, etc. Is=
this the best way to accomplish this task?
>
Consider using expressions of the form q[1], q[2], etc. Are you doing
anything with these variables that requires them to be atomic symbols
(instead of compound expressions like q[1])?
Do[q[i] = f[i], {i,0,40}]
Also, do you really need all these matrices to have a unique name? It
sounds like you might need to iterate over them several times (or
perform identical calculations with all of them). Couldn't you just
use a simple list of matrices instead?