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Re: what does this parentheses mean?

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  • Subject: [mg59615] Re: [mg59578] what does this parentheses mean?
  • From: Chris Chiasson <chris.chiasson at gmail.com>
  • Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 04:38:03 -0400 (EDT)
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Here are two methods for showing others on MathGroup your parenthesis:
Method A:
1. Click in the output cell just to the left of the strange parenthesis.
2. Type " (generates a new input cell)
3. Hit the right arrow key.
4. Type "
5. Delete all other characters.
6. At the end of the cell, type //ToCharacterCode
7. Evaluate the input cell.
8. Tell us what code the parenthesis is.

Method B:
1. Click in the output cell.
2. Hit Ctrl+Shift+E.
3. Copy all of the cell code as plain text (right click, copy as, plain text).
4. Paste it to MathGroup.

On 8/12/05, John Roberts <jlr-d at jlr-d.cnc.net> wrote:
> Mathematica 5.1 produced an output that I have never seen before from
> Mathematica - it was an algebraic expression that contained a different
> style of parentheses (I can't include the parentheses here because my
> email does not have the font for it) The parentheses are unlike any that
> I have seen before - they are like the regular parentheses (tall-style
> parentheses that are straight in the middle and curved at the top and
> bottom) that Mathematica uses in algebraic expressions, except the
> straight middle part of the parentheses is heavier/bolder than the
> curved parts at the top and bottom.
> 
> I presume that this type of parentheses has a special meaning, but I
> can't find anything about it in the help browser or Mathematica book. If
> this type of parentheses has a special meaning, can someone tell me what
> it means?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> John
> 
> 


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