getCoefficient function

Get a coefficient in a 'qspray' polynomial

Get the coefficient of the term with the given monomial. methods

## S4 method for signature 'qspray,numeric'
getCoefficient(qspray, exponents)

Arguments

• qspray: a qspray object
• exponents: a vector of exponents, thereby defining a monomial; trailing zeros are ignored

Returns

The coefficient as a bigq number.

Examples

library(qspray)
x <- qlone(1)
y <- qlone(2)
p <- 4*x^2 + 3*y - 5
getCoefficient(p, 2)          # coefficient of x^2
getCoefficient(p, c(2, 0))    # same as getCoefficient(p, 2)
getCoefficient(p, c(0, 1))    # coefficient of y because y=x^0*y^1
getCoefficient(p, 0)          # the constant term
getCoefficient(p, integer(0)) # the constant term 
getCoefficient(p, 3)          # there's no x^3