Linked Questions
26 questions linked to/from Metaprogramming in Mathematica
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Where can I find examples of good Mathematica programming practice?
I consider myself a pretty good Mathematica programmer, but I'm always looking out for ways to either improve my way of doing things in Mathematica, or to see if there's something nifty that I haven't ...
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answers
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Can one identify the design patterns of Mathematica?
... or are they unnecessary in such a high-level language?
I've been thinking about programming style, coding standards and the like quite a bit lately, the result of my current work on a mixed .Net/...
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How to avoid nested With[]?
With[
{v1 = #},
With[
{v2 = f[v1]},
g[v1, v2]
]
]
How to avoid nested With[] like the above? I'd like to use <...
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Injecting a sequence of expressions into a held expression
Consider the following toy example:
Hold[{1, 2, x}] /. x -> Sequence[3, 4]
It will give
Hold[{1, 2, Sequence[3, 4]}]
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answers
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Functions vs. patterns
Every time I define a new function, I wonder which construct I should use: true functions obtained by using Function, or rule-based syntax. For example, these are ...
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answers
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Finding all elements within a certain range in a sorted list
Suppose we have a sorted list of values. Let's use list = Sort@RandomReal[1, 1000000]; for this example.
I need a fast function ...
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answer
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File-backed lists/variables for handling large data
Background
Currently I am working with some large data (most of it generated by Mathematica itself). I usually find it a hassle to do this. For example, I just exported a large amount of data to ...
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Resource management in Mathematica
I am using a library that has functions like createSomeObject[] and deleteSomeObject[obj]. It is an interface to a C language ...
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Implementing a function which generalizes the merging step in merge sort
One of the key steps in merge sort is the merging step. Given two sorted lists
sorted1={2,6,10,13,16,17,19};
sorted2={1,3,4,5,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,18,20};
of ...
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Select performance
I am fairly new to mathematica and working my way thru Paul Wellins book on Mathematica programming so experimenting with various language constructs. I was experimenting with ...
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Generating assignments and transforming code inside held forms when generating code
I have been playing with slightly above trivial code manipulations in Mathematica. I thought Mathematica would be great for this kind of work because of rule replacement and expression manipulation, ...
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Customizing syntax highlighting for private cell styles
Is there any way to set up a cell style with a particular syntax highlighting?
For example, I'd like to have a CProgram cell to write in blue the C special words.
I have done it by setting ...
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Mathematica Application in Real Life
As an 'user'-level in Mathematica, I mainly use built-in Mathematica function and benefit Mathematica as a mathematical tool-box for my specific scientific problem. My level is not yet programmer-...
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How to check the validity of an option value
I have a user-defined function, func, which takes the following form:
func[arg1, arg2, options]
Here is the actual code
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answer
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Convenient string manipulation
With Mathematica I always feel that strings are "second class citizens." Compared to a language such as PERL one must juggle a lot of code to accomplish the same task.
The available functionality is ...
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