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Re: Mathematica: Assistance requested.

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  • Subject: [mg59217] Re: Mathematica: Assistance requested.
  • From: Peter Pein <petsie at dordos.net>
  • Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 00:42:37 -0400 (EDT)
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C. Frangos wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to learn Mathematica running under suse linux version 7.2. Any 
> assistance with the following would be much appreciated:
> 
> (1) How do I start Mathematica from the linux command line so as to get only 
> the plain text command line interface ?
> 
> (2) I have a function defined in a file ftest.m. I am reading this in with 
> the command: <<ftest.m However, this function prints locally defined 
> variables with dollar signs followed by a number. It's not clear how to get 
> rid of this ?
> 
> (3) How can one use contexts/packages/etc to get rid of the problem in (2) 
> above ? How is the package read in ? Are there some advantages in using 
> packages (even for one function) compared to simply defining a function in a 
> ..m file ?
> 
> Thanks very much.
> 
> Constantine Frangos.
> 
> 
1.) math <enter>

2.) this is the way Mathematica handles local variables. I'm afraid
you'll have to accept this or use global variables, when possible.


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