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Re: Problem with reading version 4.2 DumpSave files,...

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• Subject: [mg75613] Re: [mg75540] Problem with reading version 4.2 DumpSave files,...
• From: "Chris Chiasson" <chris at chiasson.name>
• Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 01:58:05 -0400 (EDT)
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Did you try the Save command?

On 5/4/07, terry <terryisnow at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear Mathematica Guru's,
>
> Because of a Mathematica bug (which still isn't fixed in the just
> released version 6), my version 4.2 DumpSave files cannot be read by
> my version 5.2. So as a result I'm trying to find a way to _exactly_
> write out these numbers to a pure ascii text file from within 4.2,
> then read them in as text and convert them back into number form
> within 5.2 without losing any digits. Any idea's how I could
> accomplish this simply?
>
> Note that simply saving the approximate real numbers with Save[] and
> retreiving them will not work in this case because Save[] 'distorts'
> the numbers even if they are loaded back into the same version of
> Mathematica (when it converts to base 10 and back).
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Regards,
> Terry
>
>
>


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    • From: terry <terryisnow@yahoo.com>