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Re: A symbol for Floor. Additional remarks

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  • Subject: [mg36567] Re: A symbol for Floor. Additional remarks
  • From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
  • Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 01:13:23 -0400 (EDT)
  • Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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Hi,

does

MakeBoxes[Floor[x_], fmt_:StandardForm] := 
  RowBox[{"\[LeftFloor]", ToBoxes[x, fmt], "\[RightFloor]"}]

help you ?

Regards
  Jens

Jack Goldberg wrote:
> 
> I know that there is an input form.  I want the output to have the same
> form rather than look like  Floor[x].  Sorry,
> 
> Jack
> 
> On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Jack Goldberg wrote:
> 
> > Hi Group!
> >
> > A commonly used symbol for the Floor function is a square bracket with the
> > upper indents removed.  Is this symbol part of Mathematica's built-in symbols?  I
> > think not, so then, can it be constructed "by hand".
> >
> > Jack
> >
> >


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