Re: ValueList command
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- Subject: [mg10637] Re: [mg10503] ValueList command
- From: David Withoff <withoff@wolfram.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 03:10:02 -0500
> When I upgraded Mathematica to 3.0, one package (called HIP) stopped > working. I traced it down to a command used in the package > 'ValueList'. Unfortunately I don't have the old verion of mathamatica > and cannot check the package with it. Does anybody know what > 'ValueList' does? It is not found in the Mathematica book. > > Thanks in advance for the assistance. > > - Hitoshi Yamamoto ValueList is an internal symbol, and is not intended for direct use. Packages and programs should not use this symbol, but since a certain amount of misinformation has been posted about it, I will make a few comments about it anyway. ValueList is present in all versions of Mathematica. With version 3.0 it was moved into System`Private` context, in part to reduce the chances of confusion in case someone tried to use it. It should be possible to get a program that uses this symbol to work in version 3.0 by replacing ValueList with System`Private`ValueList. There is nothing that can be done with ValueList that cannot be done with documented functions. The recommended solution is to use documented functions. Dave Withoff Wolfram Research