Re: A little print problem

Thanks, Martin and Bill.  As always your replies have been both swift and
very helpful.

cheers,
Alasdair

On 10/16/07, Bill Page <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 10/16/07, Alasdair McAndrew <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Here it is:
> >
> > F:=FFP(PF 2,x^3+x+1)
> > x:=generator()$F
> >  for i in 0..7 repeat print [i,x^i]
> >
> >     [0,1]
> >    [1,%D]
> >          2
> >    [0,%D ]
> >     [1,%D + 1]
> >         2
> >     [0,%D  + %D]
> >         2
> >     [1,%D  + %D + 1]
> >         2
> >     [0,%D  + 1]
> >    [1,1]
> >
> > Note that because of the PF 2, the values of i in the lists to be
> printed
> > are automatically reduced mod 2.  But this is not what I want - I want
> the
> > printed values of i to range from 0 to 7.   How can I do this, given
> that
> > print only takes one argument?
> >
>
> Try this:
>
> (9) -> for i in 0..7 repeat output(i::String,x^i)
>    0 1
>    1 %A
>        2
>    2 %A
>    3 %A + 1
>        2
>    4 %A  + %A
>        2
>    5 %A  + %A + 1
>        2
>    6 %A  + 1
>    7 1
>                                                    Type: Void
>
> Regards,
> Bill Page.
>

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