These operators can help the user to program in the style of functional programming languages such as Miranda or Haskell.
infix :(item, list)
prepend item to list, or concatenate strings
- param item
an item to be prepended to a list
- param list
a list
- param string1
a string
- param string2
a string
The first form prepends "item" as the first entry to the list "list". The second form concatenates the strings "string1" and "string2".
- Example
In> a:b:c:{}
Out> {a,b,c};
In> "This":"Is":"A":"String"
Out> "ThisIsAString";
Concat
, ConcatStrings
infix @(fn, arglist)
apply a function
- param fn
function to apply
- param arglist
single argument, or a list of arguments
This function is a shorthand for Apply
. It applies the function "fn" to the argument(s) in "arglist" and returns the result. The first parameter "fn" can either be a string containing the name of a function or a pure function.
- Example
In> "Sin" @ a
Out> Sin(a);
In> {{a},Sin(a)} @ a
Out> Sin(a);
In> "f" @ {a,b}
Out> f(a,b);
Apply
infix /@(fn, list)
apply a function to all entries in a list
- param fn
function to apply
- param list
list of arguments
This function is a shorthand for {MapSingle}. It successively applies the function "fn" to all the entries in "list" and returns a list contains the results. The parameter "fn" can either be a string containing the name of a function or a pure function.
- Example
In> "Sin" /@ {a,b}
Out> {Sin(a),Sin(b)};
In> {{a},Sin(a)*a} /@ {a,b}
Out> {Sin(a)*a,Sin(b)*b};
MapSingle
, Map
, MapArgs
infix .. (n, m)
construct a list of consecutive integers
- param n
integer. the first entry in the list
- param m
integer, the last entry in the list
This command returns the list {{n, n+1, n+2, ..., m}}. If {m} is smaller than {n}, the empty list is returned. Note that the {..} operator should be surrounded by spaces to keep the parser happy, if "n" is a number. So one should write "{1 .. 4}" instead of "{1..4}".
NFunction("newname","funcname", {arglist})
make wrapper for numeric functions
- param "newname"
name of new function
- param "funcname"
name of an existing function
- param arglist
symbolic list of arguments
This function will define a function named "newname" with the same arguments as an existing function named "funcname". The new function will evaluate and return the expression "funcname(arglist)" only when all items in the argument list {arglist} are numbers, and return unevaluated otherwise. This can be useful when plotting functions defined through other Yacas routines that cannot return unevaluated. If the numerical calculation does not return a number (for example, it might return the atom {nan}, "not a number", for some arguments), then the new function will return {Undefined}.
- Example
In> f(x) := N(Sin(x));
Out> True;
In> NFunction("f1", "f", {x});
Out> True;
In> f1(a);
Out> f1(a);
In> f1(0);
Out> 0;
Suppose we need to define a complicated function {t(x)} which cannot be evaluated unless {x} is a number:
In> t(x) := If(x<=0.5, 2*x, 2*(1-x));
Out> True;
In> t(0.2);
Out> 0.4;
In> t(x);
In function "If" :
bad argument number 1 (counting from 1)
CommandLine(1) : Invalid argument
Then, we can use {NFunction()} to define a wrapper {t1(x)} around {t(x)} which will not try to evaluate {t(x)} unless {x} is a number:
In> NFunction("t1", "t", {x})
Out> True;
In> t1(x);
Out> t1(x);
In> t1(0.2);
Out> 0.4;
Now we can plot the function.
In> Plot2D(t1(x), -0.1: 1.1) Out> True;
MacroRule
infix Where(expr, x==v)
substitute result into expression
- param expr
expression to evaluate
- param x
variable to set
- param v
value to substitute for variable
The operator {Where} fills in values for variables, in its simplest form. It accepts sets of variable/value pairs defined as var1==val1 And var2==val2 And ... and fills in the corresponding values. Lists of value pairs are also possible, as: {var1==val1 And var2==val2, var1==val3 And var2==val4} These values might be obtained through {Solve}.
- Example
In> x^2+y^2 Where x==2
Out> y^2+4;
In> x^2+y^2 Where x==2 And y==3
Out> 13;
In> x^2+y^2 Where {x==2 And y==3}
Out> {13};
In> x^2+y^2 Where {x==2 And y==3,x==4 And y==5}
Out> {13,41};
Solve
, AddTo
infix AddTo(eq1,eq2)
add an equation to a set of equations or set of set of equations
- param eq
(set of) set of equations
Given two (sets of) sets of equations, the command AddTo combines multiple sets of equations into one. A list {a,b} means that a is a solution, OR b is a solution. AddTo then acts as a AND operation: (a or b) and (c or d) => (a or b) Addto (c or d) => (a and c) or (a and d) or (b and c) or (b and d) This function is useful for adding an identity to an already existing set of equations. Suppose a solve command returned {a>=0 And x==a,a<0 And x== -a} from an expression x==Abs(a), then a new identity a==2 could be added as follows: In> a==2 AddTo {a>=0 And x==a,a<0 And x== -a} Out> {a==2 And a>=0 And x==a,a==2 And a<0 And x== -a}; Passing this set of set of identities back to solve, solve should recognize that the second one is not a possibility any more, since a==2 And a<0 can never be true at the same time.
- Example
In> {A==2,c==d} AddTo {b==3 And d==2}
Out> {A==2 And b==3 And d==2,c==d
And b==3 And d==2};
In> {A==2,c==d} AddTo {b==3, d==2}
Out> {A==2 And b==3,A==2 And d==2,c==d
And b==3,c==d And d==2};
Where
, Solve