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Re: including files

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg53181] Re: including files
• From: Bill Rowe <readnewsciv at earthlink.net>
• Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 06:30:24 -0500 (EST)
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

On 12/27/04 at 6:41 AM, ranjan.grover at gmail.com (Ranjan Grover)
wrote:

>I wanted to setup an include file that has data on physical
>constants so that I can include it for all my Mathematica programs
>using the << command. Since I've never done this before, I'm not
>really sure if a notebook file can be included or whether the
>include file has to be a .m file.

>I tried using the SetDirectory[] command to set the working
>directory and then included a .nb file which had all the data in it
>but that didn't work out. I was able to read the file in but the
>expressions in it were not being evaluated. Can anyone clue me in?

My suggestion would be to use a .m file. These are very easily created.

From within Mathematica, enter all of the expressions you want evaluated into a notebook. Select the cells with those expressions and set the cell properties as Initialization Cells. Finally, save the notebook in package format using File->Save As Special->Package Format.

Alternatively, a .m file can be created with any third party text editor. Simply type the desired expressions and save the result with an extension of .m.
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