Help Defining Variables (with long names)
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg16720] Help Defining Variables (with long names)
- From: gutierrez_fam at geocities.com (Gutierrez Family)
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 02:23:42 -0500
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hello to all. I'm new to Mathematica and have a very basic question (one that I haven't found an answer to using the online help - I'm probably looking in the wrong place). What is the best way to declare variable with a 'long name'? I am currently using the underscore to separate the words. For example: liquid_density_of_ethylene_glycol=1.114 Unfortunately, I run into trouble when performing basic arithmetic. For example, if I multiply '4*liquid_density_of_ethylene_glycol', I expect to get 4.456. Instead I get '4_ethylene_glycol_of liquid_density'. This is after receiving 'Set::write : Tag Times in _ethylene_glycol_of liquid_density is Protected.'. Can someone please advise? Thank you very much for your time. -- Daly Gutierrez