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Re: Begginer's question: Saving a function for later use

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• Subject: [mg128041] Re: Begginer's question: Saving a function for later use
• From: "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma at 12000.org>
• Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 02:31:49 -0400 (EDT)
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On 9/10/2012 3:25 AM, pedro.roberto at campus.ul.pt wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm just getting started on Mathematica and trying to define a function for later use.
>The function is just:
>
> test[x_]:=x^2
>
> While I don't close mathematica, I can use the function on my notebooks
>but when I close it, the function disappers, I tried to save a .m file
>with it but It didn't work. What do I do?
>
> Thanks for time,
> Pedro
>


Just save the notebook. It will have extension .nb

File->Save As-> foo.nb

Then when you open foo.nb again, the function will be there.

--Nasser