Re: Converting result to ASCII-art
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- Subject: [mg56980] Re: Converting result to ASCII-art
- From: dh <dh at metrohm.ch>
- Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 02:32:13 -0400 (EDT)
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- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi, it all depends what the receiver wants to do with the formula. A simple solution would be: Solve[a x^4 + b x^3 + c x + d == 0, x] // InputForm This can be copied and pasted without problems. If he wants C code you may also try: Solve[a x^4 + b x^3 + c x + d == 0, x] // CForm There is also FortranForm. Homever, if the graphic, 2D form is needed, copy and paste it into a word document. SIncerely, Daniel DJ Craig wrote: > When running MathKernel from command line in OS X, it shows expressions > kind of like ASCII-art. I have a very long equation that I need to > convert to ASCII, but when doing this the way I normally do, using > Terminal and copying and pasting, it comes out looking like a mess, > because it does too much line wrapping. What I am trying to display is > the result of: > Solve[a x^4+b x^3+c x+d==0,x] > I've tried displaying this in command line with and without MatrixForm. > Is there some other form that I should try? > What I really need is some way that I can send this result to someone > (who doesn't have Mathematica, MathReader, or any type of MathML > reader), so that they can copy and paste out of it. A PDF would be > fine, but when I use Print to create a PDF, the PDF that it creates > can't be read by either Preview or Acrobat. >