Re: how to set initial values to symbolic variable array?
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- Subject: [mg129976] Re: how to set initial values to symbolic variable array?
- From: Szabolcs Horvát <szhorvat at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:29:02 -0500 (EST)
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On 2013-02-28 04:43:24 +0000, Jon said: > Dear All, > > Suppose I defined a symbolic variable array as > > Array[a,4] > > and defined a function as > > f = a[1] + a[2] + a[3] + a[4] > > I need to evaluate the value of f in the following way, > > f/.{a[1]->1,a[2]->1, ...} > > but specify each element of the array one by one is very troublesome, and I > wonder whether there is something like a group definition like > > f/.{a[1:4]->1} > > to define the four variables at the same time with the same value. The LHS of a rule (->) is a pattern. You can use a more general pattern: f /. a[_] -> 1 For more precise control over which indices are taken: f /. a[i_ /; 1 <= i <= 4] -> 1 For odd ones only: f /. a[_?OddQ] -> 1 Ref: http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/tutorial/PatternsOverview.html