Questions tagged [scoping]
Questions on Mathematica's scoping constructs (Block, Module, With, etc.)
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Is it possible to create complicated packages from modules which work fine by copy paste? — A counterexample
Here is a module which constructs essentially several functions in a chain [Phi], sct, ks, WE, G:
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Facing error while solving a determinants with the use of NSolve inside module
I have written a small program to find the natural frequencies of some system using an energy approach. v1 and t1 are the potentials and kinetic energy of the beam. v2 and t2 are the potentials and ...
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Transferring a function between two modules in a package
I have a first module which outputs as forth output a function G I want to transfer to another module. The specific function is
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Sum of n sums, Permutations of the indices, how to write them in Mathematica?
I was wondering how to write a function $ F (r, q, n, f) $ in Mathematica, defined in this way:
$$F(r,q,n,f):=\sum_{i_0=1}^q f(i_0) \Biggl(\sum_{i_1=i_0+1}^{q+1} f(i_1)\biggl(\sum_{i_2=i_1+1}^{q+2} ...
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Can I still use global variables when I choose the default context to be the cell group?
To avoid accidentally reuse the same variables in different sections of my notebook, I go to Evaluation menu and choose Notebook's default context > Unique to each cell group.
But sometimes I do want ...
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Best practice with Return in Module or Block
I am a bit confused on the use of Return in either Block or Module when defining a custom ...
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Using `With[…]` with a list specification as a variable
If you have some defined function, say f[a_, b_ c_, x], one can initialize this by using With[...] as
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Scoping construct for dependent constants
I sometimes want to write a function which needs to apply a bunch of transformations that are not functions of a single parameter only:
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function evaluation - I don't get it
this function returns Pi/4 for a[1,4]
In[...]:= a[r_, n_] :=
Module[{an = Pi/n, h = r Cos[an], w = 2 r Sin[an]}, an];
a[1, 4]
Out[...]= Pi/4
so the kernel ...
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why DSolve in V 12 returned an internal module variables with $ on them in this example?
Fyi, Reported to WRI in case it is a bug. [CASE:4288939]
Is this supposed to happen?
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Why are unrelated symbols localized in Module? [duplicate]
As I understand, an expression like Module[{var},expr[var]] localizes var and evaluates ...
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How to use Module function?
Here is my issue; I want to iterate a fit to this data for a polynomial of degree 2 up till degree 6. However, at each iteration I drop certain data points that have a poor residual value. So each ...
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Modifying/optimizing a double sum with an If condition
I would like to better understand double summations where one of the sums depends on the upper limit of the previous sum. This appears frequently in representation theory (to the extent of my ...
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Variables referring to other variables within Module
The following doesn't work:
Lol[x_, y_] = Module[ {w=x+1, z = w + 1}, z]
because z refers to ...
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Using rules inside Module or Block
I have a rather long piece of code inside a Module, and I want to provide different parameters to the different pieces inside the ...
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Gradient method in vectorfield on surface table does not work, module is slow
For teaching purposes I want to generate a vectorfield on a surface an visualize the path of the gradient method.
The surface and the gradient are generated by
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What is the accessibility of a package's `Private` context variables?
I've been reading up on how Mathematica handles contexts, $Context, $ContextPath, and a few of the tutorials they have on ...
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RegionPlot3D no longer localizes its arguments?
Bug introduced after 9, fixed in 12.0.
Just now, I was astonished to find the behavior of RegionPlot3D changes somewhere after v9 . Consider the following sample:
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How to trace value assigned to local variable(variables in Module)?
Bug introduced in v10.1 or earlier and persists through v11.3
CASE:4240757
Here is my code:
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Assigning values to variables inside Module using user defined function
Say I'm defining a function
with some local variables, for which I'm using Module. Now, I want to assign some value (or perhaps a list of values or a list of list, ...
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Why are there local variable conflicts in my recursive function definition?
Sorry to post a long piece of code. There are two places in here where I Print[] 'path2' when the count == 984, because for some reason, that list is getting ...
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Different result in ContourPlot function using different version of Mathematica (?)
I tested "Elasticity with Mathematica" notebook (Mathematica 6) in Mathematica 11.3 and tested C05_stress_kirsch.nb, I added some trigger code to protected function in the tensor2analysis.m file, and ...
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Why doesn't `ReplaceAll` work in this situation? [closed]
I can work around this by using With, but it seems really odd to get the following:
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Multiple functions within a Module
I have a function that extracts a numerical value from two vectors, written as Spa[i_,j_]:=Flatten[LaU[i].LaD[j]][[1]]. (Note, I'm sure that this isn't the most ...
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Function returned from module doesn't work [closed]
I have a sequence of steps that work in the main notebook:
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Finding the inverse of a function
I am to solve for $r(\rho)$ given the function,
\[Rho]Asymp[r_,b_,q_] := 1/(1 - q) Gamma[1/(1 - q)]/Gamma[(q - 2)/(q - 1)] r Sqrt[1 - (b/r)^(1 - q)]
This can be ...
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Evaluation of Extract and use the result in a Sum
I am experiencing a problem in the evaluation of a sum. I hope that someone can help me, I am not an expert Mathematica programmer. I'm posting just the portion of code that gives problems, I know ...
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Scoping of pattern variables [duplicate]
I have run into a problematic behavior, and then came to find that it is a "possible issue" called out in the documentation, but I guess I am just baffled that this IS an issue, and am wondering why. ...
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Can I bake my own PI using your Wolfram language oven and prebuilt utensils? [closed]
How might I override the value of the Greek letter PI within various builtin language functions in the Wolfram language? Specifically and without having to reinvent the wheel or code equivalent ...
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How to define a function inside a module through Evaluate [duplicate]
I am trying to define a function inside a module as following
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Symbol created in Module not seen outside of Module scope [duplicate]
I am using a function defined with a Module[]. In the Module I am creating a new variable name using a ...
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ConditionalExpression still resulting from Assuming a Module's local variables
I have a memoizing, recursive function whose MWE looks like this (the two fake inputs/ICs are from 'K' and 'Bfun2', the latter just a quick way to check the results coming out of the Residue.:
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How do I localize changes to a variable inside a Do-loop?
I want to change the increment value inside the do loop . But i dont know why it remains for the first declared value?
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MostOccuringWeekdays Wolfram Challenge [closed]
I am working this challenge from Wolfram Challenge. I believe that I have solved the problem with the following code (note it is not very efficient - I am new to Mathematica!)
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Module - Symbols out of scope of lexical scoping
The Problem
Consider the following code (1):
In[1]:= x = 2;
Module[{x, y},
y[x_] = x;
y[1]
]
Out[2]= 2
I expected the answer ...
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What is wrong with Module? or me? [closed]
The following code does not give me an answer. It looks all is working when each command inside Module is individually run. But ...
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Why does Mathematica stay on an endless evaluating loop with Manipulate?
I have built Manipulate to see the impact of a change in time and volatility to the profit of an option strategy, bull spread.
To calculate the price of the option, I built the good old Black-Scholes:
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With vs. Block scoping of parameters for Plot
A very basic question..
Why does Block work, but not With, to specify value of a parameter for a function to be plotted?
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HoldAll Attributes and Delayed Evaluation: ContourPlot with solutions to NDSolve
This is a general question on evaluating functions that are defined to be evaluated with delay.
In particular, I am having difficulties working with the ...
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Prime number counting function
As part of an assignment for a calculus class, I have to write code for the prime number counting function $p(n)$, I have no problem creating the function itself, but for I want it as a function, ...
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Nested rules and automatic renaming of variables [duplicate]
I understand why $ happens here:
ClearAll[foo]
foo[a_] := (x_ :> a x)
foo[1]
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K vs k in a module
Module[{K = 1, fn}, fn[p_] := Print[K];
ParallelTable[fn[p0], {p0, 2}]];
Prints K$316 (or whatever the module counter is on)...
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What use is empty binding list in `Block[{},…]`? [duplicate]
Spelunking the Export function, I stumbled upon the following definition:
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Problem passing argument in hash table from global context to a module
I was experimenting with passing arguments via a hash table to a module. Found a very strange result. When I pass a function to be plotted inside the module, it comes out empty.
Yet all argument ...
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Module and With do not work in some cases
I apologize if the title is too vague/general but I couldn't find a better one. I am trying to use either Module or With but it does not work if the object containing the local variables is defined ...
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A bug in Derivative?
Update
This is a bug in v11.3 or earlier and is fixed in v12.
Original Post
Check this out:
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Want help with debugging a For-loop
I'm trying to run a simulation, which at the end gives a value 'qber'. Now I want to run this simulation multiple times with different values of 'p' each time. And these value of 'p' are actually the ...
