(or use `workspace()`) On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Jameson Nash <vtjn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> at some point you probably entered something like: > sum = 5 > > from that point on, sum refers to 5, rather than the Base.sum function. > > you could restore it by typing > sum = Base.sum > > or just restart > > > On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 11:37 AM James Byars <jimmyby...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thank you. I said this in the post below, but is this an issue with Julia >> going forward? The need to restart. >> >> >> On Monday, May 18, 2015 at 10:50:28 AM UTC-4, Kristoffer Carlsson wrote: >> >>> This works for me, both in Julia 0.3 and 0.4 >>> >>> julia> function fib_sum_2(x,y,z) >>> sum(x:x:z) + sum(y:y:z) - sum(lcm(x,y):lcm(x,y):z) >>> end >>> fib_sum_2 (generic function with 1 method) >>> >>> >>> julia> fib_sum_2(3,5,999) >>> 233168 >>> >>> What happens if you restart Julia and try again? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Monday, May 18, 2015 at 4:34:11 PM UTC+2, James Byars wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> I am an education doctoral student who is a self-taught stats and >>>> programming person. My primary coding and stats experience is with R. I >>>> have started to attempt Julia and was using the Project Euler questions as >>>> a way to teach myself the language structure, types, and specifying >>>> functions. I have been really drawn to Julia because of all the great >>>> conversations about the language on the YouTube channel. There have been >>>> several great repositories that share coding examples for each of the >>>> problems (although Project Euler wants everybody to do it on their own) >>>> which have been tremendously helpful. >>>> >>>> One of the proposed solutions for Problem #1 have this structure: >>>> println(sum(3:3:999) + sum(5:5:999) - sum(15:15:999)) >>>> >>>> I am trying to make a function of this type of problem so I am not >>>> bounded by specifying each number every time. So I adapted the solution to >>>> the following format: >>>> >>>> *function fib_sum_2(x,y,z)* >>>> * sum(x:x:z) + sum(y:y:z) - sum(lcm(x,y):lcm(x,y):z)* >>>> *end* >>>> >>>> However, when I try to run the function (fib_sum_2(3,5,999)) I get the >>>> following error: >>>> >>>> *type: fib_sum_2: in apply, expected Function, got Int64 >>>> while loading In[140], in expression starting on line 1 >>>> >>>> in fib_sum_2 at In[137]:2* >>>> >>>> >>>> I did attempt to google this problem, but still could not find a source >>>> that really explained the problem. I understand that this is a really >>>> newbie question and thank you to everyone for their patience and any >>>> assistance. If anybody can correct my error or provide resources that >>>> might help me with future Euler Project problems that would be great. I >>>> feel that I am missing something terribly easy with Julia, but thank you >>>> all for any help. Also, I am using IJulia for reference. If I have posted >>>> this question in error, can anybody direct me to the right forum? >>>> >>>> >>>> With Regards, >>>> >>>> >>>> James >>>> >>>>
