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Re: ToExpression[ToString[expr]]=E2=89 _expr

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• Subject: [mg109986] Re: ToExpression[ToString[expr]]=E2=89 _expr
• From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
• Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 06:45:47 -0400 (EDT)

I don't understand the result either, but I have a clue:

   FullForm[ToString[1/3]]
"1\n-\n2"

I would actually expect the result to be a pair of output cells, namely:

   1

   -2

On 5/26/2010 7:10 AM, James Stein wrote:
> Evaluating:
>
>     ToExpression [ ToString [ 1/3 ] ]
>
> I did not expect negative three!
>
> Bug? or a lack in my understanding?
>
>

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