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Re: defining consecutive variables

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  • Subject: [mg99474] Re: defining consecutive variables
  • From: dh <dh at metrohm.com>
  • Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 05:26:22 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi Jason,

why do you need different variable names? I would put the matrices in a 

function q[i].

Scan[q[i]=f[i],{i,1,40}]

Daniel



Jason wrote:

> I have a code where I need to define a large number of variables as matrices, called q1,q2,q3......qn. I'd like to be able to define them all without 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 done 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?

> 

> Thanks

> 




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