Am 22 May 2007 um 6:01 hat Brian W. geschrieben:
>
> Hello,
> I am a maxima beginner
Hello Brian,
welcome to Maxima.
, and I don't quite understand how expressions are
> evaluated. In the example session below (calculating the volumen V of a
> sphere with radius r, diameter d), the final evaluation ''V results in an
> expression containing d, although d is defined.
The evaluation operator '' (two single quotes) only does one step backwards. If you need
more than one step, in your example you need two, you can use the flag infeval:
(%i1) V:4/3*%pi*r^3$
(%i2) r:d/2$
(%i3) d:20$
(%i4) V,infeval;
4000 %pi
(%o4) --------
3
HTH
Volker van Nek
> What should I have typed, so that the value of d is substituted in the
> evaluation? Of course I could write ''V,d=d; but I would like to have all
> known symbols substituded recursively (for more complicated examples).
>
> Thanks
> Brian
>
> (%i1) V:4/3*%pi*r^3;
> 3
> 4 %pi r
> (%o1) --------
> 3
> (%i2) r:d/2;
> d
> (%o2) -
> 2
> (%i3) d:20;
> (%o3) 20
> (%i4) ''V;
> 3
> %pi d
> (%o4) ------
> 6
> (%i5)
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