Re: Why HoldForm[] shows this expression in red in notebook?
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- Subject: [mg125064] Re: Why HoldForm[] shows this expression in red in notebook?
- From: David Bailey <dave at removedbailey.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:48:28 -0500 (EST)
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On 19/02/2012 11:32, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote: > foo[x_, v_] := Module[{z = v}, > {x^z, Hold[x^z], HoldForm[x^z]} > ]; > > Any one knows why the notebook shows the 'z' in the last term above in > the red and but not the other z's? > > I am using V 8.04 on windows > > thanks > --Nasser > > I think the last z is coloured red because you are returning an expression involving a local variable: In[2]:= foo[a,b] Out[2]= {a^b,Hold[a^z$6385],a^z$6385} Notice the strange variable z$6385 - which is local. I can't see why the middle term isn't red as well, but the left term evaluates to something that doesn't involve a local variable. Perhaps you really wanted to write this: foo[x_, v_] := Module[{z = v}, {x^z, Hold[Evaluate[x^z]], HoldForm[Evaluate[x^z]]} ]; In[4]:= foo[a,b] Out[4]= {a^b,Hold[a^b],a^b} David Bailey http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk