# Replace a variable with a list of numbers [closed]

How can I replace a variable with a list of numbers?

### Example

Suppose I have the following list of values

V = Table[i, {i, 1, 6.8, 0.19}];


and I want to replace v^2 in the expression PrC = (v^2 + 1)/(v^2 - 5) with the list of V values.

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• PrC = (v^2 + 1)/(v^2 - 5) /. v^2 -> V – Hubble07 May 14 '16 at 11:35
• Your expression (v^2 + 1)/v^2 - 5) is missing a left parenthesis. Do you mean (v^2 + 1)/(v^2 - 5)? Also, you ask about replacing a variable, but your in your example you say you want to replace the expression v^2 with the numbers in a list, which is not the same thing. Which do you really mean? – m_goldberg May 14 '16 at 13:46
• YES its (v^2 + 1)/(v^2 - 5) what i want to do is squared all the value of v from 1 to 6.8 – sara May 15 '16 at 10:44

There are many ways to accomplish what you want to do in Mathematica. This answer will discus just one -- defining prc as a function of v. Function is one of core concepts of Mathematica, so this approach has wide application beyond this specific case.

v = Table[i, {i, 1, 6.8, 0.19}];
prc[v_] := (v^2 + 1)/(v^2 - 5)


Then to get the values of prc over v just write

prc[v]

{-0.5, -0.674154, -0.938235, -1.36677, -2.15391, -4.01044, -13.2721, 14.9893,
5.44313, 3.55962, 2.75953, 2.31923, 2.04196, 1.85216, 1.71466, 1.61084, 1.52996,
1.46537, 1.41276, 1.36918, 1.33259, 1.30151, 1.27482, 1.25171, 1.23154, 1.21381,
1.19813, 1.18418, 1.17171, 1.16051, 1.15041}


That this works may surprise you. It works because prc is a the composition of purely numeric functions which have the function attribute called Listable, so it has the ability to thread over lists like v. I suggest you study [Listable](http://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Listable.html) (follow the link) because you will find it very useful to keep it mind.

Sometimes you will not want to take advantage of the Listable attribute, but the function prc will still be your friend. As an example, suppose you wanted to plot prc directly from the values of v. Then you could simply write

 ListPlot[Table[{i, prc[i]}, {i, v}]]


which gives

# Update

There is an alternative way of producing the plot, that I think is worth mentioning. This 2nd formulation is more purely functional, a little more concise, and maybe a little more efficient.

ListPlot[Transpose[{v, prc[v]}]]


It produces exactly the same plot as shown above.