Re: Sometimes <space> means multiple , sometimes not
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- Subject: [mg75358] Re: Sometimes <space> means multiple , sometimes not
- From: Bill Rowe <readnewsciv at sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:34:53 -0400 (EDT)
On 4/25/07 at 5:27 AM, siewsk at bp.com wrote:
>As a newbie, I was taught that <space> character in Mathematica
>means multiple. But sometimes it does not.
>For example:
<examples snipped>
Mathematica allows spaces to be placed before or after any
operation. Consequently, a space is only interpreted as a
multiply when there is no other operator or other possible interpretation.
So, -4 -2 is the same as -4 - 2 or -4-2 and gives -6 but
-4 (-2) will yield 8
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