Re: Head found ;-)
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg29879] Re: Head found ;-)
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 01:00:27 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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Hi, Orestis Vantzos wrote: > > Major mistake ahead: > Symbols don't have Head! oops ! than I have found a bug my Mathematica say In[]:=Head[x] Out[]= Symbol There are more strange errors in my Mathematica Head[1] return Integer, Head[1.2] return Real, Head[1/2] return Rational Head[I] return Complex and Head["Every thing has a head"] return String. What should I do ? contact the support ;-) get my money back ?? > They are "terminal symbols" of the Mathematica > language and therefore they have no internal structure per se. But they have a Head[] because Head[] is the only way to specify a certain type. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SNIP SNAP ... Regards Jens