Re: Distinguishing Strings from Symbols
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- Subject: [mg81142] Re: Distinguishing Strings from Symbols
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:28:41 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
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dr DanW wrote: > I have several notebooks where I am using short strings that might be > the same as the name of a symbol; for example, "x". When these > strings show up as output, I cannot tell if I am looking at a string > "x" or a symbol x. Is there a way I can define a Format or alter > OutputForm so strings in output always have a different look than > symbols, such as appearing in red or in italics? If you want to see the double quotes around the strings when displayed in output cells, you can set the parameter *ShowStringCharacters* to *True* (the default is *False*). "ShowStringCharacters is an option for Cell which specifies whether to display " when a string is entered." http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/ShowStringCharacters.html?q=ShowStringCharacters {Note that you can set up this option at the notebook or global level via the options inspector.) HTH, -- Jean-Marc