Re: how to generate piecewise function from two lists
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- From: Ray Koopman <koopman at sfu.ca>
- Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 05:18:15 -0400 (EDT)
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Piecewise[{#1, #2[[1]] < x < #2[[2]]}& @@@ Transpose@{f,Partition[r,2,1]}]
On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 @ 10:00 PM, S <dsalman96 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
> Suppose we have two lists
> f={a,b}
> r={0,1,2)
>
> In general, the lengths of f and r can vary but the length of f is always 1 less than length of r.
>
> Using the lists f and r, I want to define a piecewise function of the form:
>
> Piecewise[{{a,0<x<1},{b,1<x<2}}] i.e., having the form
>
> Piecewise[{{f[[1]],r[[1]]<x<r[[2]]},{f[[2]],r[[2]]<x<r[[3]]}}]
>
> Is there a way to define a piecewise function using f and r for the general case, as described above.
>
> Thanks
>
> S