Re: Distinguishing Strings from Symbols
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- Subject: [mg81154] Re: [mg81114] Distinguishing Strings from Symbols
- From: "Yuri Kandrashkin" <spinalgebra at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:34:56 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi,
You can apply the function InputForm for your result like in the example below
{x,"x"} //InputForm
You also can change the value of option ShowStringCharacters
for Output cells in style definitions.
To change the style of strings you can use the following command
although I am not sure that this is a best solution :
$PrePrint = (# /. str_String :> Style[str, Red]) &
2007/9/13, dr DanW <dmaxwarren at gmail.com>:
> I have several notebooks where I am using short strings that might be
> the same as the name of a symbol; for example, "x". When these
> strings show up as output, I cannot tell if I am looking at a string
> "x" or a symbol x. Is there a way I can define a Format or alter
> OutputForm so strings in output always have a different look than
> symbols, such as appearing in red or in italics?
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Yuri Kandrashkin, PhD
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- From: dr DanW <dmaxwarren@gmail.com>
- Distinguishing Strings from Symbols