I want to alias some array elements to simple variable names for readability: a = collect(700:710) alias b = a[10] # pseudocode alias c = a[20] b = 6 @assert a[10] == 6 How can I do this? The aliases can be only in the current scope so as not to introduce GC problems.

You can use single-element views: julia> a = collect(700:710); julia> b = @view a[10] 0-dimensional view(::Array{Int64,1}, 10) with eltype Int64: 709 julia> b .= 6 0-dimensional view(::Array{Int64,1}, 10) with eltype Int64: 6 julia> a[10] 6

Can I alias an array element to a simple name like `x`?

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NightMachinary August 21, 2020, 8:53pm 3

b[] = 13 # assignment

Thanks.

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Can I alias an array element to a simple name like `x`?

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