Re: Is there ever a case where two consecutive commas in not an error?
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- Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 03:14:30 -0400 (EDT)
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I don't think it's always an error. For example, you can have a list
with empty entries. This happens a lot when I import Excel files. If
there are empty cells in the spreadsheet, you get ",,"
Now, in a Plot it might always be an error, but it isn't generally.
Helen Read
University of Vermont
On 3/30/2013 4:06 AM, W Craig Carter wrote:
> Hello,
> I am wondering if there is ever a case where ",," is not an error.
> For example, I make syntax errors like this:
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> Plot[x,{x,0,1},ImageSize->Large,BaseStyle->Large,PlotRange->{All,{0,2}},,PlotLabel->"label",Epilog->Line[{{0,0},{1,.5}}]]
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> very often, and searching for them would be easier with highlighting.
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> If ",," is never not an error, shouldn't it be a candidate for error syntax highlighting?
> (or, If ",," is always an error, it should be a candidate for error syntax highlighting)
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> Craig Carter
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