Assigning to superscripted variables
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg34282] Assigning to superscripted variables
- From: "Dave Snead" <dsnead6 at charter.net>
- Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 05:54:46 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi, I've been trying to assign values to superscripted variable, ex, a^i = 5 but I get a message that Tag Power is protected. I can Unprotect[Power] first and then it works fine. However after a few more expressions, Power somehow gets reprotected! Does anyone know what causes this? How can I keep Power unprotected for the remainder of the session? Thanks in advance, Dave Snead