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Re: What characters are allowed in mathematica variable names? i.e. how

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• Subject: [mg126013] Re: What characters are allowed in mathematica variable names? i.e. how
• From: "J. McKenzie Alexander" <jalex at lse.ac.uk>
• Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 04:45:23 -0400 (EDT)
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I think any letter-like character can be used in variable names. See the following page in the documentation center discussing textual forms and letters and letter-like forms.

guide/TextualForms

tutorial/LettersAndLetterLikeForms

One character which basically does what you want is \[UnderParenthesis]. You can enter it quickly via ESC u( ESC. I just tried it out in Mathematica 8 and it can be used in variable names.

Cheers,

Jason

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Dr J. McKenzie Alexander
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE



On 12 Apr 2012, at 07:35, 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 toseparate out words in variable names?
>
> Thanks
>


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