Re: clearing a variable with a dummy subscript
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg126561] Re: clearing a variable with a dummy subscript
- From: Bill Rowe <readnews at sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 05:44:53 -0400 (EDT)
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On 5/18/12 at 5:25 AM, ahautot at ulg.ac.be (Andre Hautot) wrote: >Hi ! Here is something very simple I don't understand : >f[x_] := x; f[2] (*A function*) >2 >Clear[f]; f[2] (*The same perfectly cleared as expected*) f[2] > >Subscript[u, k_] := k; Subscript[u, 2] (*u with subscript k_ >entered via the palette*) >2 >Clear[u]; Subscript[u, 2] (*I found no way to clear u; a >suggestion ?) 2 Simply put, Subscript[u,2] is not a symbol (does not have head Symbol) in Mathematica. Consequently, things designed to work with symbols often don't work well with Subscript[u,2]. If you want to use Subscript[u,2] or something similar as a variable your best choice is to load the Notation package. Use the documentation center to locate the usage guide by searching on notation package.