Re: Sneaky white space
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- Subject: [mg113444] Re: Sneaky white space
- From: Helen Read <readhpr at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:27:01 -0400 (EDT)
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On 10/28/2010 4:26 AM, David Bailey wrote: > > I think the lesson to learn from that - which I find useful from time to > time - is that if a piece of input seems to generate spurious syntax > errors, or responds in some very peculiar way, it is worth trying > re-typing it, possibly by cutting and pasting the text in question to a > text editor and back again! > This happens with my students occasionally, and if trying the usual Clear["`*"] and re-evaluate doesn't fix the issue, I will have them retype in a new input cell, without copying/pasting what they had before. It fixes those hidden problems every time. -- Helen Read University of Vermont