Re: Null's not null?
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- Subject: [mg69416] Re: Null's not null?
- From: "Jean-Marc Gulliet" <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 05:39:21 -0400 (EDT)
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On 9/11/06, AES <siegman at stanford.edu> wrote:
> >What about using the \[Null] character [1], character that is not displayed?
> >
> >Table[If[Random[] < 0.5, 1, \[Null]], {10}]
> >
> >HTH,
> >Jean-Marc
> >
> >[1] _The Mathematica Book_, Section 3.10.5 "Structural Elements and
> >Keyboard Characters"
> >http://documents.wolfram.com/mathematica/book/section-3.10.5
>
>
> Thanks -- works great. (Except: How can I edit it, if I can't see it
> in the Input cell?!?)
Pertinent question, indeed! I think the best way to edit such
invisible characters, \[Null] and alike, is to select the cell you
want to modify and use the sequence of keys Shift+Ctrl+ E (under
Windows) -- this will display the cell in a cell expression form --,
do the changes you want, then return to a normal form with the same
sequence of keys.
In[2]:=
Cell["\<\
Table[If[Random[] < 0.5, 1, \[Null]], {10}]\
\>", \
"Input",
CellLabel->"In[2]:="]
Out[2]=
Cell["{\[Null], \[Null], \[Null], 1, \[Null], 1, 1, \[Null], \
1, \[Null]}", "Output",
CellLabel->"Out[2]="]
Regards,
Jean-Marc