Re: What characters are allowed in mathematica variable names? i.e. how
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- Subject: [mg126026] Re: What characters are allowed in mathematica variable names? i.e. how
- From: Jesse Perla <jesseperla at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 04:49:53 -0400 (EDT)
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Thanks. How would I type that in ascii and would it show up escaped in \[....]in a text file on the server? Assume that I am editing things purely in a text file. On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>wrote: > If you insist on using a character as separator, you could use breve, > typed as Esc bv Esc (without the spaces, of course). > > > On 4/12/12 2:35 AM, Jesse Perla wrote: > >> In other languages like C++, _ is a kosher character to be in variable >> names. It is not in mathematica, so things like "my_first_variable" don't >> work. I have been using a ` to separate out the words to get things like >> my`first`variable, but now realize it is creating other issues due to the >> scoping it introduces. >> >> Are there are other characters I can use to separate out words in >> variable names? >> >> Thanks >> >> > -- > Murray Eisenberg murrayeisenberg at gmail.com > 80 Fearing Street phone 413 549-1020 (H) > Amherst, MA 01002-1912 >