Re: Using \[Breve] as a substitute for underscore
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg91017] Re: Using \[Breve] as a substitute for underscore
- From: Bill Rowe <readnews at sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 05:34:25 -0400 (EDT)
On 8/2/08 at 3:27 AM, stevensiew2 at gmail.com (Steven Siew) wrote: >In mathematica you cannot use underscore _ as part of a variable >name as you could in other computer languages. True >Has anyone tried using \[Breve] as an underscore substitute instead. >for example: >mass\[Breve]of\[Breve]earth = 5.97*^24 >or >mass[esc]bv[esc]of[esc]bv[esc]earth = 5.97*^24 >What other characters do other people uses? My preference is for camel case, i.e., massOfEarth. Or more likely, I would have used earthMass.