how to add complex number to an array?

Question

First time looking at Julia

julia> x=[1 2 3];
julia> x[2]=3+5im

ERROR: InexactError()
 in convert at complex.jl:18
 in setindex! at array.jl:346

I am sure this is because julia typing system is different.

How would one do this below in Julia?

x=[1 2 3];
x(2)=3+5*1i

x =
   1.0000 + 0.0000i   3.0000 + 5.0000i   3.0000 + 0.0000i

Answer 1

You can make x a complex array:

x=[1 2 3];
x=complex(x);

Now you can perform this operation:

x[2]=3+5im;

This results in x containing:

println(x)

This outputs:

 1+0im 3+5im 3+0im

As desired.