setfield

list field insertion

Calling Sequence

setfield(i,x,l)

Arguments

:x matrix of any possible types : :l list, tlist or mlist variable : :i field index, see insertion for more details. :

Description

This function is an equivalent of l(i)=x syntax for field extraction with the only difference that it also applies to mlist objects.

Examples

l=`list`_(1,'qwerw',%s)
l(1)='Changed'
l(0)='Added'
l(6)=['one more';'added']

a=`hypermat`_([2,2,2],`rand`_(1:2^3));// hypermatrices are coded using mlists
setfield(3,1:8,a);a // set the field value to 1:8

See Also

  • insertion partial variable assignation or modification

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