Re: Using \[Breve] as a substitute for underscore
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg91038] Re: Using \[Breve] as a substitute for underscore
- From: David Bailey <dave at Remove_Thisdbailey.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 03:24:17 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <g725qe$n7d$1@smc.vnet.net>
Steven Siew wrote: > In mathematica you cannot use underscore _ as part of a variable name > as you could in other computer languages. > > 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 > > I kinda like "breve" because it looks like the standard underscore > character. > > What other characters do other people uses? > > Steven Siew > I also use \[Breve] extensively for this purpose in my Super Widget Package, and in other code I have written for my clients. I think it is a shame that underscore got used for patterns, and since I also write some Java and C code, I regularly forget and create 'variables' containing underscores. Unfortunately, the breve character does not paste well into non-mathematica UNICODE environments because it would seem that it is a diacritic character. David Bailey http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk