RE: Holding name of argument
- To: mathgroup@smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg10922] RE: [mg10815] Holding name of argument
- From: "Barthelet, Luc" <lucb@ea.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 20:16:04 -0500
use SymbolName, it returns a string with the name of the symbol. >-----Original Message----- >From: mike johnson [SMTP:mike_johnson@llnl.gov] To: mathgroup@smc.vnet.net >Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 1998 6:02 PM >To: mathgroup@smc.vnet.net >Subject: [mg10815] Holding name of argument > >Greetings-- > I have written a function for writing data in binary form to a file. I >use the MathLink program by Todd Gayley and John Fultz that is a >replacement for the standard (slow) package Utilities`BinaryFiles`. I >am successful in writing mixed forms of ascii, single variable, and >large array data to the file (quickly). > The syntax of the function is writeBinary[field_,fileName_] := ... >What I am having trouble with now is writing the name of the first >argument into the file. That is, when the function is called I want to >save the name of the first argument as an ascii string and write that >string into the file. I have played for a while with HoldFirst and >HoldForm, but so far I am missing the point. > Thanks in advance for any help. >--Mike >-- >Michael A. Johnson, Mail Stop L-463 >Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Lab >7000 East Ave., P. O. Box 808 >Livermore, CA 94551 >Fax: (510) 422-6007 >mike-johnson@llnl.gov >