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? > > -- Murray Eisenberg murray at math.umass.edu Mathematics & Statistics Dept. Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W) 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 Amherst, MA 01003-9305