I would like to do something like the following but that doesn’t work. How can I do this? Maybe use $ somehow? Edit: To be clear, I am trying to create the first 7 unit vectors. Thanks for i in 1:7 e_i = zeros(7) e_i[i] = 1 end

[image] samerb: I would like to do something like the following but that doesn’t work. How can I do this? Maybe use $ somehow? Edit: To be clear, I am trying to create the first 7 unit vectors. Thanks Don’t use metaprogramming or generated variable names. Use a data structure. For example…

How to use string substitution in variable names

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rafael.guerra May 2, 2021, 8:27pm 15

@DNF, quoting you in this other post " Why are you using collect ? Never use collect (If I ever get a tattoo, it will say that)"
Cheers

NB: one could also use splatting:

e = [eachcol(diagm(ones(7)))...]

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How to use string substitution in variable names

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