Re: Subscripts, Doh!!!
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- Subject: [mg19062] Re: Subscripts, Doh!!!
- From: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 01:34:51 -0400
- References: <7o5ier$rme@smc.vnet.net>
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Mike,
We can Symbolize the pattern SubscriptBox["_", "_"]
Then all subscript expression are treated as a symbol.
This is illustrated in the following (paste the Notebook Expression into a
notebook)
Allan
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Allan Hayes
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Notebook[{
Cell[BoxData[
\(<< Utilities`Notation`\)], "Input"],
Cell[BoxData[
RowBox[{
RowBox[{"Symbolize", "[",
TagBox[\(_\__\),
NotationBoxTag,
TagStyle->"NotationTemplateStyle"], "]"}], ";"}]], "Input"],
Cell[CellGroupData[{
Cell[BoxData[
\(a\_b = 5\)], "Input"],
Cell[BoxData[
\(5\)], "Output"]
}, Open ]],
Cell[CellGroupData[{
Cell[BoxData[
\(a\_b\)], "Input"],
Cell[BoxData[
\(5\)], "Output"]
}, Open ]]
}
]
Mike Tiller <mtiller at ford.com> wrote in message
news:7o5ier$rme at smc.vnet.net...
>
> I have Mathematica 3.0 for Windows and I hate the way it handles
> subscripts. I read about the Notation package. Is there a way to
> make a general rule (e.g. using "Symbolize") that will avoid
> expressions seeing subscripting as an operation? I can do it on a
> per-symbol basis, but that is really tedious.
>
> Also, I saw some references in the newsgroup to the "latest" version
> of Notation, but the web page of the guy mentioned (somebody named
> Harris I think) is no longer on the wolfram site.
>
> I really hate the 3.0 interpretation of subscripts. Has it changed in
> 4.0!?
>
> Help!
>
> --
> Michael Tiller
> Ford Motor Company
>
>