Re: Help Defining Variables (with long names)
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- Subject: [mg16770] Re: [mg16720] Help Defining Variables (with long names)
- From: "David Park" <djmp at earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 02:24:08 -0500
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
>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 This won't work because the underscore has a defined meaning in Mathematica. It signifies a pattern. See Section 2.3 in the Mathematica Book. Also see Section A.1.2 on the form for symbols. You could use something like the following. LiquidDensityEthyleneGlycol or liquiddensity[EthyleneGlycol] David Park djmp at earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~djmp/