🔒 Writing a function that takes a set of variables, and an expression in these variables.

[dawn sigil]

I want to write a function that does a certain calculation, which requires a set of variables, and a function of these variables. That is, a function that looks like this

  return some_calculation_using_func```
Is it possible to write a function this way? If not, what's a good alternative?

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@dawn sigil

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[dawn sigil]

To be clear, when the function is called, I want to be able to input func as an expression of the symbols in vars

[dusty wolf]

pretty sure you just need to define the symbols before then pass it normally? e.g. ```py
x = sp.Symbol('x')
func = x**2 + 2*x + 1
result = calculate(func, x)

if you want a more complete example doing non-trivial operations: <https://claude.ai/public/artifacts/53697402-7aeb-4037-9815-8486ec2c4792>

for multiple variables I would probably recommend something like ```py
x, y, z = sympy.symbols("x y z")

def calculate(func, **vars):
return func.subs(vars)

calculate(x+y+z, x=x, y=y, z=z)
calculate(x+y+z, x=1, y=2, z=3)

[dawn sigil]

Hmm, I see

This helps me somewhat, thanks!

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