Re: Re: Using subscripts in function-parameter names
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- Subject: [mg71904] Re: [mg71756] Re: Using subscripts in function-parameter names
- From: "Chris Chiasson" <chris at chiasson.name>
- Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 06:26:19 -0500 (EST)
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After Maxim helped me (I was missing the HoldComplete), I came up with
a way to dynamically symbolize subscripted input for selected symbols.
This should do what you want. Here is the code:
With[{usc=FromCharacterCode[63316]},
subscriptAsSymbol[symb_Symbol]:=
With[{symbStr=ToString@symb},
MakeExpression[SubscriptBox[symbStr,scriptStrs__String],format_]:=
MakeExpression[SubscriptBox[symbStr,scriptStrs],format]=
With[{symbWithSub=
ToExpression[
ToString@
BoxForm`Intercalate[SequenceForm[symbStr,scriptStrs],
usc],format]},
MakeBoxes[symbWithSub,_]=SubscriptBox[symbStr,scriptStrs];
HoldComplete@symbWithSub]]];
Execute the above definition once. Then, on any variable for which you
want to invoke the symbolized subscripting, issue
subscriptAsSymbol@variable
In your case, this would be subscriptAsSymbol@x
By the way, I would recommend keeping code and typesetting a little
more separated in the future...
On 11/28/06, eriwik at student.chalmers.se <eriwik at student.chalmers.se> wrote:
> On Nov 27, 10:34 am, "David Park" <d... at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Erik,
> >
> > You might look on MathSource at the WRI site for the SubscriptSymbols
> > package by Ted Ersek. It makes it quite convenient to use subscripts in
> > expressions. It loads the Notation package and handles all the symbolization
> > for you. However, quite often you do not have to symbolize the subscript
> > expressions and just loading the package, which institutes some extra
> > definitions for Subscript, will be enough to solve your problem.
> >
> > The package comes with a notebook showing how to do a number of common
> > things with subscript expressions.
>
> Yes, it does seem to be what I need. However it does not go all the
> way, it can not create symbols of subscripts generated when running. A
> quick example demonstrating this can be found here:
> http://www.chalmers.it/~eriwik/sum.nb
>
> Does anyone know if it's possible to get that to work (or even better,
> get http://www.chalmers.it/~eriwik/try1.nb to work)?
>
> --
> Erik Wikström
>
>
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