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Re: Package Help in Mathematica 6

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• Subject: [mg76014] Re: Package Help in Mathematica 6
• From: Albert <awnl at arcor.net>
• Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 05:55:42 -0400 (EDT)
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Murray Eisenberg wrote:
> No need to change the "/" second argument to StringSplit for Windows. 
> (Doesn't Mathematica allow in paths "/" for all OS's?)

It does, but not in this case, since here StringSplit looks at strings 
without knowing they happen to be pathnames. The trick is to use 
$PathnameSeparator, which I think is there to make things like that work 
regardless of the underlying OS.

> Of course one could merely use normal OS tools to look at what's in 
> those directories: one is allowed upon occasion to step outside Mathematica!

actually that is what I did. On the other hand the Mathematica code 
snipplet is a nice way to present the information in an OS independent 
way, well almost independent in this case :-)

albert

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  • Re: Package Help in Mathematica 6
    • From: Bill Rowe <readnewsciv@sbcglobal.net>