Re: Variable names in Mathematica
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg92061] Re: Variable names in Mathematica
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:26:17 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <gat9lm$egd$1@smc.vnet.net>
Hi, foo[\[Alpha]_, \[ScriptA]_] := \[Alpha]*\[ScriptA] and foo[2, 3] gives 6 and foo[2, \[Beta]] gives 2 \[Beta] Regards Jens amannuc1 wrote: > Dear Community, > > I can't seem to get an answer to this simple question: are greek letters > allowed as variable names in Mathematica? I have tried this with limited > success (v 5.2). It seems that some greek letters are reserved, for example > alpha. I am not sure about that. Any insight is appreciated. Thanks! > > -Tony >