Re: Print bug with -script? (quotes display)
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- Subject: [mg122576] Re: Print bug with -script? (quotes display)
- From: MC Andre <andrew.pennebaker at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 06:20:28 -0500 (EST)
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On Sep 6, 3:57 am, "Rolf.Mer... at gmail.com" <rolf.mer... at gmail.com> wrote: > On Sep 5, 12:09 am, Alan <alan.is... at gmail.com> wrote: > > > I am using Mathematica under Windows Vista. To run Mathematica comma= nds as a script, my understanding is that I should invoke > > math.exe -script <scriptname> > > This is working, but if I print a string > > Print["Test"] > > it prints surrounded by quotes (as written literally). > > I find this highly undesirable: can the quotes be suppressed? > > > Also, this behavior seems to conflict with the documentation:http://ref= erence.wolfram.com/mathematica/tutorial/PropertiesOfStrings... > > > Is it a bug? > > > Thanks, > > Alan Isaac > > One possibility is to define your own Print function: > myPrint[s_String]:=WriteString["stdout",s]; > > Or, you could probably even do > Unprotect[Print]; Print[s_String]:=WriteString["stdout",s]; > > Another possibility would be to switch to Linux, since there this bug > is not present. > > Rolf Mertig > GluonVision GmbH > Berlin Confirmed, the bug is present in Windows and Mac OS X. Do the developers run their code even once?