Re: Mysterious Output in formatted Notebook
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- Subject: [mg104707] Re: Mysterious Output in formatted Notebook
- From: "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma at 12000.org>
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:49:49 -0500 (EST)
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"John" <jwa0 at lehigh.edu> wrote in message news:hd0ss0$7lq$1 at smc.vnet.net... > Mathematica 6, xp windows > > My notebook is mostly paragraphs of text interspersed with sections > and subsections, tables, plots and displayed formulas. Students will > view it in class and later on Mathematica Player. or reason Out > [integer]=Null^i is printed between paragraphs and headings (section > or subsection). The exponent i is usually the number of preceding > paragraphs. > > What is it telling me? What causes it, and how can I get rid of it? > > . > > John > One way this could happen if a module ended with ";". This is an example In[3]:= foo[] := Module[{i}, i = 1; ] foo[]^3 Out[4]= Null^3 The return value of the module is the last expression. If there is a ";" at the end, then Null is the result! It could also happen if you have ";" inside an If[] such as In[6]:= j = If[True, 5; ] j^3 Out[7]= Null^3 So, search the code for ";" and make sure there is no extra ones laying around the code. (There ought to be a lint-like tool for Mathematica) --Nasser