Re: How to make dynamic strings?
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- Subject: [mg111925] Re: How to make dynamic strings?
- From: telefunkenvf14 <rgorka at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:21:09 -0400 (EDT)
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On Aug 18, 6:04 am, sam ti83 <sam_t... at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to make a string from a dynamic expression. I don't know how to do that since mathematica doesn't recognize the regular way of making strings from normal expressions (see below) - and I can't find any documentation on this problem. So your help is very welcome!
>
> This is a very simple example to illustrate my problem:
>
> In[378]:= par1 = 200;
> par2 = Dynamic[par1];
> par3 = ToString[par2]
>
> Out[380]= "Dynamic[par1]"
>
> Instead of having par3 = "200", I get par3= "Dynamic[par1]". Do you know why mathematica doesn't evaluate a dynamic expression in ToString? Any solutions??
>
> Thanks,
> Sam
In[1]:= x=1
Out[1]= 1
In[2]:= (* Initially this will evaluate to 1 *)
y=Dynamic[ToString[x]]
Out[2]= 3
In[3]:= (* Once you evaluate this, above changes to 3---note that it
is in String format; see this by clicking in the output cell and
pressing space *)
x=3
Out[3]= 3
-RG