InputAutoReplacements With "-marks
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg46089] InputAutoReplacements With "-marks
- From: Harold.Noffke at wpafb.af.mil (Harold Noffke)
- Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 04:03:08 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
MathGroup: In running different learning examples for Mathematica 5.0, I repetitively use Clear["Global`*"] to reset all my variables. I tried to make "cg" into an InputAutoReplacements alias with the Option Inspector by defining ... cg -> Clear[\"Global`*\"] After clicking OK twice and re-inspecting this entry, I found that Mathematica had processed it into ... Clear[ Times[ "Global`, "]] which is not what I expected. So, I redefined ... cg -> Clear[\"Global`\*\"] because the Mathematica Book says ... \* in effect acts like an escape: it allows you to enter ordinary Mathematica syntax even within a \( ... \) sequence. Note that the input you give after a \* can itself in turn contain \( ... \) sequences. Mathematica processes the new cg definition into ... Clear[ "Global`\*"] which is not what I expected, either. Tests of both definitions for cg yield failures with error messages. Are such InputAutoReplacements beyond the scope of Mathematica 5.0? Thanks. Harold