Re: How to save a file in package (*.m) format
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- Subject: [mg15361] Re: [mg15330] How to save a file in package (*.m) format
- From: "wgrebe" <wgrebe at cityweb.de>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 23:58:20 -0500
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
>Hi Mathematica gurus, > >I am new to Mathematica and I need help on how to save a file in package >(*.m) format that can be recognised and executed by Mathematica. I have >created a small package following the standard routine,e.g. >BeginPackage >Begin["`Private`"] >... >End[] >EndPackage[] > >I then saved the file with Save as Special...Package Format with a .m >extension, I get all the statements in the file commented out with (* >*). How do I save the file with a .m extension in order to get an >executable package? > >Thanks >Chee Hi Chee Lim, When I write a Mathematica-Package (*.m), framed by BeginPackage[] and EndPackage[], I convert the cells that contain the executable parts of the package (in general I have just one) to Initialization cells by selecting them and choosing: Cell | Cell Properties | Initialization Cell. Then I save them by choosing: File | Save as special | Package Format. The Package can simply be called at any point of any other Package or from somewhere else by: << *.m (load and evaluate) Of course first you have to set the correct Directory. Bye Witold