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Re: Table local

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  • Subject: [mg113828] Re: Table local
  • From: Raffy <adraffy at gmail.com>
  • Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 06:11:18 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <ibl9ek$b72$1@smc.vnet.net>

On Nov 12, 9:58 pm, EF <he.frauendor... at t-online.de> wrote:
> "Help, More Information" for Table states:
>
>   Table effectively uses Block to localize values or variables.
>
>    But
>    Clear[u];
>    Table[u = i^2, {i, 5}];
>    u
>
>    Clear[u];
>    Table[u = i^2;, {i, 5}];
>    u
>
>    In both cases the value 25 for u is given.
>    If u were really local, it should have no value outside of the Table
>
>    For me there is a contradiction that can cause a lot of trouble
>
>    E. F.

Table ONLY localizes the iterator:

i = 3;
Table[i, {i, 3}] ==== {1,2,3}  // not {3, 3, 3}


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