Re: String[bring] vs "bring"
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg59353] Re: String[bring] vs "bring"
- From: "Jens-Peer Kuska" <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 03:46:50 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Uni Leipzig
- References: <dd1itn$1et$1@smc.vnet.net>
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi, String is a native data type like Integer, Real, Complex. You can't build an Integer with Integer[1234] and you can't build a string with String[bring] because than you have a function call to String[] with a symbol (bring). Regards Jens "Kristen W Carlson" <carlsonkw at gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:dd1itn$1et$1 at smc.vnet.net... | Hi, | | Question: What is the difference between "bring" and String[bring] ? | What is the utility of making them different? | | Question: What is the difference between "bring" and String[bring] ? | What is the utility of making them different? | | "bring" ===String[bring] | | False | | Cases[{"bring"}, _String] | | {bring} | | Cases[String[bring], _String] | | {} | | Cases[ToString[bring], _String] | | {} | | InputForm[String[bring]] | | String[bring] | | InputForm["bring"] | | "bring" | | FullForm[String[bring]] | | String[bring] | | And yet: | | Head["bring"] | | String | | FullForm["bring"] | | "bring" | | ToString[bring] | | bring | | InputForm[%] | | "bring" | | Wha???? | | Thanks, | | Kris |