Re: Inserting the value of a current variable (symbol) in a text cell?
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- Subject: [mg9370] Re: [mg9314] Inserting the value of a current variable (symbol) in a text cell?
- From: Allan Hayes <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 1 Nov 1997 03:33:55 -0500
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
siegman at ee.stanford.edu (AES)
[mg9314] Inserting the value of a current variable (symbol) in a text
cell?
writes
> Assuming a given symbol ("x", say) has previously been given a
> numerical value (x=<x-value>, say), is there a simple way to have
> that numerical value appear in the text in a text cell?
> E.g., have the text in a cell read, "Using our previous
assumption > that x = <x-value>, we can show that . . . "
Evaluation in Place may be what you want: Enter
x = 22
Type in a text cell
x = x
Select the second x
Use
Kernel> Evaluation > Evaluate In Place. You will get
x = 2
Allan Hayes
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