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Bill Simpson
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 05/30/12 4:19pm
You wrote:
"so if I enter = x = 5
and then go to the next cell and enter
= x*x
I would expect the answer to be 25. Instead the answer is x^2."
Are you putting an = in front of your x=5? If so I think you might have gotten a warning message. You don't need an = in front of those.
Are you, assuming you are using Microsoft Windows, holding down the shift key and then pressing enter while your cursor is sitting at the end of x=5
If you do that do you see it display a second line showing just 5? (Well actually there are In[]:= and Out[]= in front of those, but do you see the 5?)
I am assuming you are missing the shift enter step.
Read this and see if it helps.
http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/tutorial/UsingANotebookInterface.html
If there are still problems then reply and we will see if we can figure it out and get you started.
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