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Re: (any documentation for) linear syntax?

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• Subject: [mg107573] Re: (any documentation for) linear syntax?
• From: Albert Retey <awnl at gmx-topmail.de>
• Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:04:10 -0500 (EST)
• References: <hldmb3$17n$1@smc.vnet.net>

Am 16.02.2010 09:51, schrieb divisor:
> Hello MathGroup:
> 
> Solving a recent problem I had, Maxim mentioned that this string:
> 
> Subscript[\[Alpha], 23]"
> 
> can be used in the Find-Replace dialog by its evaluated equivalent
> using this string:
> 
> \!\(\[Alpha]\_23\)
> 
> He called this "linear syntax".
> 
> Since I will have other expressions that I need to convert into a form
> like this, I tried to look this up in the help documentation. No luck
> when trying these pages:
> 
> guide/Syntax
> tutorial/SpecialWaysToInputExpressions
> 
In:

tutorial/InputSyntax

there is a Subsection "String-Based Input" of "Input of Boxes" which
describes the Syntax of what is also refered to as ShortBoxForm.

hth,

albert

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