Re: Simple question about packages
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- Subject: [mg19497] Re: Simple question about packages
- From: paulh at wolfram.com (P.J. Hinton)
- Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 15:53:18 -0400
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In article <7q21bo$qa8 at smc.vnet.net>, rotud at aol.com (ROTUD) writes:
>Why is it that all the documentation shows that loading a package is done by
>typing:
>
><< Directory'PackageName'
>
>That doesn't work for me, it says Cannot Load Directory'PackageName'. I have to
>type
>
><< Directory\PackageName.m
>
>Does everyone use this method of loading packages or is it just me? I am
>running on a Windows 98 machine by the way. Any explanation would be greatly
>appreciated.
It's just you and just about every other beginning Mathematica
user who has mistaken the apostrophe (') for the backquote (`)
character. :-) Try rewriting your first example above this way:
<< Directory`PackageName`
On most PC keyboards, the backquote is entered by pressing the key
immediately to the left of the "1" key.
--
P.J. Hinton
Mathematica Programming Group paulh at wolfram.com
Wolfram Research, Inc.
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