Re: set option flag in function definition
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- Subject: [mg128160] Re: set option flag in function definition
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 05:00:19 -0400 (EDT)
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On Sep 18, 2012, at 3:41 AM, Joug Raw <jougraw at gmail.com> wrote: > ...I want to have a function that executes certain operation when I chose the > corresponding option flag. > > For example, > > a function called "f" > > when I call it like f[arg1,arg2,arg3, optionX] > it executes command > arg1/arg2+arg3 > > If I call it like f[arg1,arg2,arg3,optionY] > it executes command > arg1*arg2-arg3 > > If I call it like f[arg1,arg2,arg3,optionSomethingElse] > it returns me > "No appropriate option flag was found. Please indicate correct options" > > ...I am wondering if I can do > the same in Mathematica easily? Yes, it can be done very easily in Mathematica: f[a_, b_, c_, method -> "one"] := a/b+c f[a_, b_, c_, method -> "two"] := a b-c f[a_, b_, c_, method -> _] := "No relevant value for 'method' found" f[a_, b_, c_, opt_ -> _] := "I don't understand this option" (I shortened argument names; the option name "method" I used is quite arbitrary.) The key to the above is that Mathematica always uses a more specific rule before it uses a more general one. If, though, you want a single expression for defining the function f, then yes that's also possible but more complicated; you cold use, e.g., FilterRules. --- Murray Eisenberg murray at math.umass.edu Mathematics & Statistics Dept. Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W) 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 Amherst, MA 01003-9305
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