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This is a minimal example of what I want to make work:

ClearAll["Global`*"]
coeff = Array[a, 2];
arange = {#, -1, 1} & /@ coeff;
X = Table[Indexed[x, i], {i, 1, 2}];
Manipulate[
coeff = Array[a, 2];
{coeff[[1]] X[[1]] + coeff[[2]] X[[2]], 
a[1] X[[1]] + a[2] X[[2]]},
##] & @@ arange

I would like to make the first option, namely coeff[[1]] X[[1]] + coeff[[2]] X[[2]] work like a[1] X[[1]] + a[2] X[[2]]. However, only the latter updates the values of the parameters.

context: I generate a system of ODEs with a large number of parameters. These parameters are generated via Array, and I'd like to put such a system into a Manipulate. Generating them via Array is very useful and convenient because the indices are used to define the equations.

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This seems to work :

With[{coeff = Array[a, 2]},
 Manipulate[{coeff[[1]] X[[1]] + coeff[[2]] X[[2]]
    ,a[1] X[[1]] + a[2] X[[2]]}, ##]] & @@ arange

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  • $\begingroup$ Thanks indeed. For some reason logic would tell me that the coeff=Array[a,2] inside the Manipulate would be equivalent... of course, my logic is wrong. $\endgroup$
    – PepeToro
    Commented Aug 24, 2023 at 15:01

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