Mathematica Asked on May 27, 2021
I have two questions.
So, I have a function g
defined in terms of another function, f
:
g[z_] := Product[f[z][[i]], { i, 1, Length [f[z] ] }];
My problem is that f[z_]
takes a while to compute.
Question 1: When I call g
, does it compute f
twice?
Question 2: If so, is there a way to make it not do that?
Note: I simplified my code a little bit. g
is actually defined in terms of two parameters, so I cannot generate a table of f
and have it call the parts of the table.
BobHanlon gives a good answer for 2. For question 1, Here's an easy way to test. Define f[z_] using Echo and have it return a known result. Then evaluate g[z].
In[1]:= f[z_]:=(Echo@"f[z] was called";{1,2,3});
In[2]:= g[z_]:=Product[f[z][[i]],{i,1,Length[f[z]]}];
In[3]:= g[1]
>>f[z] was called
>>f[z] was called
>>f[z] was called
f[z] was called
Out[3]= 6
Correct answer by Mat on May 27, 2021
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