Re: simple question
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- Subject: [mg99697] Re: simple question
- From: Peter Pein <petsie at dordos.net>
- Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 06:26:18 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <gu660n$9jh$1@smc.vnet.net>
Francisco Gutierrez schrieb: > Dear Sirs: > I have a function whose output is of the form {{a,b,c},{d,e,f},k} > > That is, a list of length 3, of which the first two parts are lists and the last part is a number > > Now, I want to iterate it, with the following termination criterion: stop if the first two parts of the output are identical in two successive runs. > > The intuitive (or naively intuitive if you want) way of attacking the problem, I think, is the following: > > NestWhile[f,startinglist,UnsameQ[{#[[1]],#[[2]]}&,2] > > But it does not work. > > What is the solution? > Fg > Dear Francisco, Well, {x,y} is unsame to almost every imaginable objects - especially from nothing - but from {x,y}. What result do we expect, calling UnsameQ with one argument?? Look at the difference between: In[1]:= UnsameQ[{1,1}] Out[1]= True OK, {1,1} is different from nothing. In[2]:= UnsameQ[1,1] Out[2]= False Oh yeah! 1 is not different from 1 Additionally: count the opening an closing brackets! hth, Peter