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Re: Programmatically specifying parameters in "Manipulate" command

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• From: Ulrich Arndt <ulrich.arndt at data2knowledge.de>
• Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 04:56:40 -0500 (EST)
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Hi,

create a string with the whole expression before you call ToExpression.

parameters = "{a,-1,4},{b,0,20}";
exp = "Manipulate[Plot[Sin[a x+b],{x,0,6}]," <> parameters <> "]";
ToExpression[exp]

Ulrich

Am 18.12.2012 um 08:36 schrieb abed.alnaif at gmail.com:

> Hello,
> Is there a way to specify the parameters for the "Manipulate" command 
as a string or list? I'd like to do this since I am trying to build a 
"framework" that makes use of the Manipulate command, and which can be 
used with several different types of parameters. Using one of the 
examples from the documentation to illustrate my point:
>
> This works, and illustrates what I'm trying to do:
> Manipulate[Plot[Sin[a x + b], {x, 0, 6}], {a, 1, 4}, {b, 0, 10}]
>
> However, I'd like the parameters to be a variable:
> This doesn't work:
>
> parameters = "{a,1,4},{b,0,10}";
> Manipulate[Plot[Sin[a x + b], {x, 0, 6}], ToExpression[parameters]]
>
> And neither does this:
>
> parameters = {{a, 1, 4}, {b, 0, 10}};
> Manipulate[Plot[Sin[a x + b], {x, 0, 6}], parameters]
>
> Is there a way to specify the parameters as a variable in the 
Manipulate command?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Abed
>

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