On Nov 30, 2007 11:55 AM, Suresh Jeevanandam <jm.suresh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Got it:
> lhs(eq) :: rhs(eq) did the job.
Another construct which is useful in this context is
ev (foo, x = 1234);
which evaluates foo with x temporarily bound to 1234.
(I.e. no need for explicit assignment, and x is not permanently bound.)
This also works when the equation is given by a variable,
e.g. with, say, eqs equal to the list [x = 123, x = 456, x = 789],
for e in eqs do print (ev (foo, e));
evaluates foo for each equation in eqs.
And when there is more than one variable to bind, say x and y,
ev (foo, [x = 123, y = 456]);
is the same as
ev (foo, x = 123, y = 456);
i.e. no need to unpack the equations from the list.
At the input prompt, Maxima understands
foo, x = y;
to be the same as ev(foo, x=y).
HTH
Robert Dodier
PS. By the way how did you find "::" ? I am wondering about the
effectiveness of different forms of documentation ....