Re: functions, packages, and contexts
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- Subject: [mg25035] Re: functions, packages, and contexts
- From: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 21:57:41 -0400 (EDT)
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matt,
I'm not too clear about what is happening, but here are some suggestions.
Put your packages in the the directory that with Mathematica 4.0 on Windows is
... Wolfram Research\Mathematica\4.0\AddOns\ExtraPackages\MyPackages
Then, if your function MW is in the package "Weight.m" you should give this
package the context "MyPackages`Weight`" via
BeginPackage["MyPackages`Weight`"]
This package will be loaded by
<<MyPackages`Weight`"
Then, to be able to use MW inside the package "MyPackages`React`", you need
to begin the latter's code with
BeginPackage["MyPackages`React`", "MyPackages`Weight`"]
Here we are telling Mathematica that "MyPackages`Weight`" is a "needed" package (any
number of needed packages may be included) This will cause it to add the
context "MyPackages`Weight`" to the context search path (given by
$ContextPath) and also evaluate Needs["MyPackages`Weight`" ], this will load
the package if it has not already been loaded.
Allan
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<Matt.Johnson at autolivasp.com> wrote in message
news:8one3u$oh4 at smc.vnet.net...
> Dear All -
>
> I am new to the package-writing frontier and am running into a problem I
> can't seem to overcome. The first package I have defines a molecular
> weight (MW) function, which takes a molecule as an argument and returns
the
> molecular weght. The molecule must be of the form C1O2, for carbon
> dioxide, for example (each element is followed by the number of atoms of
> that element). The problem I have is that now I am using that package
> within another package. Because the context has been changed, the
> molecules are sent to the MW function as Global`MyPackages`React`C1O2
where
> React is the package I am working in. The MW function has been written to
> pick out elements and numbers, but cannot handle the additional input of
> the context path. Is there an easy fix for this, i.e. is there a way to
> send the MW function just the molecular notation within the package
without
> including the context? Or do I have to define the MW function to pick off
> the C1O2 from the variable for it to work?
>
> Thanks-
>
> matt
>
>