Can't read a package
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- Subject: [mg114184] Can't read a package
- From: James Stein <james at stein.org>
- Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 05:29:33 -0500 (EST)
I am very frustrated that, after a year with Mathematica, I still cannot create and use packages. I must be missing something elementary. Here is what I have attempted. I think there is just one missing part: Step 1: "write" a package: In the tutorial "Setting Up Mathematica Packages" there is source for the sample package "Collatz.m". I copied that source and pasted it into a new Mathematica file, then used the "Save As" command to save the file as a package, naming it "collatz.m" and placing it in a folder called packages. Step 2: Try to use the package: 1. I create a new Mathematica notebook file, put the following five lines in it, and save it as "collatz.nb" alongside "collatz.m": SetDirectory["~/desktop/MathNoteBooks/packages"]; FileNames[] PrependTo[$Path, Directory[]] (* missing step; neither << collatz.m nor Import["collatz.m"] works *) Collatz[5] (* 'Collatz' remains undefined *) Missing Step: Executing the above code, the output from "FileNames" shows that both files exist in the directory. So what code should replace the fourth line above? Or have I gone astray elsewhere?