Re: defining consecutive variables
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- Subject: [mg99479] Re: [mg99392] defining consecutive variables
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 05:27:18 -0400 (EDT)
- Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net
Use variable names of the form q[20] rather than q20. Much easier to reference and program
Table[q[n] =
RandomReal[{0, n}, {5, 5}], {n, 0, 40}];
Total[q[20]/5]
{13.4727,3.49786,8.55356,13.1667,10.2449}
Total /@ q[20]/5
{5.14601,10.0176,9.42529,12.5766,11.7702}
Table[Mean[Flatten[q[n]]], {n, 0, 40}] ==
Mean /@ Flatten /@ Last /@ DownValues[q]
True
Bob Hanlon
---- Jason <jbiggs2 at uoregon.edu> wrote:
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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