Re: Subscripts, Doh!!!
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- Subject: [mg19298] Re: Subscripts, Doh!!!
- From: Colin Rose <colin at tri.org.au>
- Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 01:45:20 -0400
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> Colin Rose wrote: > >>The most common problem occurs when people simultaneously >>try to use: >> >> x AND x_1, x_2 etc >> >>They then set >> >> x=7, >> >>and get very confused when they get terms such as >> >> 7_1, 7_2, 7_3 >> >>These sorts of problems are easily avoided by NOT >>simultaneously using x WITH x_1, x_2... . and Carl Woll replied: >Like you, I like subscripts and I don't like to use the Symbolize >function. You mentioned a few things that go wrong when you use >subscripts, and I have some proposed solutions. >An alternative solution to avoidance is to give Subscript the >attribute HoldFirst. For example, > >In[102]:= SetAttributes[Subscript,{HoldFirst}] > >In[104]:= t=1 > Subscript[t,1] > >Out[104]= 1 > >Out[105]= t > 1 Carumbah !! This is so clever, so elegant, so nice. Oh I must have this. ** Why isn't this the default behaviour under v4 ? ** I can't fault it. It's extremely unlikely to break any code (since subscript tricks are usually performed with -> , and these work as before). And it resolves the most common problem with using subscript notation in Mathematica, especially with new users. Now I can set mu = 3.97, and simultaneously work with symbolic moments such as mu_1, mu_2 etc. Most excellent. Cheers and thanks Colin Colin Rose tr(I) - Theoretical Research Institute __________________________________________ colin at tri.org.au http://www.tri.org.au/
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- Re: Subscripts, Doh!!!
- From: Colin Rose <colin@tri.org.au>
- Re: Subscripts, Doh!!!