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Using \[Breve] as a substitute for underscore

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• Subject: [mg90998] Using \[Breve] as a substitute for underscore
• From: Steven Siew <stevensiew2 at gmail.com>
• Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 03:27:36 -0400 (EDT)

In mathematica you cannot use underscore _  as part of a variable name
as you could in other computer languages.

Has anyone tried using \[Breve] as an underscore substitute instead.

for example:

mass\[Breve]of\[Breve]earth = 5.97*^24

or

mass[esc]bv[esc]of[esc]bv[esc]earth = 5.97*^24

I kinda like "breve" because it looks like the standard underscore
character.

What other characters do other people uses?

Steven Siew

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  • Re: Using \[Breve] as a substitute for underscore
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