Re: holding boxes verbatim
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- Subject: [mg56237] Re: holding boxes verbatim
- From: dh <dh at metrohm.ch>
- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 05:30:12 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi Chris, I do not fully understand your question, but if it is only the evaluation that bugs you, see below: Chris Chiasson wrote: > Dear Math Group gurus, > > Mathematica is annoying me. I would like some way to type in a two > dimensional box form (representing an arbitrary expression) and assign > it to a symbol. I would then like to be able to operate on the > expression by, for instance: > 1 printing it > 2 printing it with some variables' values substitued into it > 3 and finally evaluating it > > Hold and its variants do not do the job because they prevent > expression evaluation, but I need something that will keep its box > form exactly as I have typed it. if you say: ReleaseHold[ expr ] expr will be evaluated even if it contains Hold. Sincerely, Daniel > > Please, how does one do this? > > A method for doing this is very useful to me because my professors > like to see the variables substitued into the original (not > Mathematica reparsed original, but verbatim original) equations. > > Thank you for your very valuable time,