michel paul <mpaul...@gmail.com> wrote: You could use *n for your parameter. It allows you to enter an arbitrary number of arguments:
def a(*n): return [1/k^2 for k in n] a(2,4,6) ---> [1/4,1/16,1/36] a(5) ---> [1/25] Not exactly what you were wanting, but pretty close. But - why not just go ahead and define a(n) for the nth term and then use map or list comprehension to expand the sequence? It seems to me that's a lot clearer. On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 12:04 PM, A. Jorge Garcia <calcp...@aol.com> wrote: Sorry, what I meant to say was: what if I define a function such as def a(n): return 1/n**2 so running a([2,4,6]) yields [1/4,1/16,1/36] Thanx, A. Jorge Garcia Applied Math and CompSci -- ================================== "What I cannot create, I do not understand." - Richard Feynman ================================== "Computer science is the new mathematics." - Dr. Christos Papadimitriou ================================== -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To post to this group, send email to sage-edu@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-edu+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en. Well!, I guess I'm still used to MATLAB or Octave where a function can process an entire matrix whether it be 1x1, 1xn, nx1, nxn or nxm. How about this, whether you use map() or a list comprehension, can I use @cython or @parallel or both to improve runtime when processing a huge list? Thanx, A. Jorge Garcia Applied Math and CompSci http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009 Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To post to this group, send email to sage-edu@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-edu+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en.
