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Manipulate a Plot that contains a variable that contains symbol
This snippet
mm = m
Manipulate[{mm, Plot[mm x, {x, 0, 1}]}, {m, 0, 1}]
(m is not defined anywhere) produces a sadly fixed ...
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Get the name of a symbol passed to a function
I'm trying to get the name of a symbol passed to a function with this:
f[x_] := {SymbolName[x], x}
SetAttributes[f, HoldFirst]
x = 5;
f[x]
But ...
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How to properly DumpSave & Get Global`s symbols inside packages while not touching Global context?
For efficiency reasons I prefer to use DumpSave instead of Save.
For ease of access I prefer to save symbols in ...
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How to pass a symbolname to a function with any of the Hold attributes?
Given a function with the attribute HoldFirst, HoldAll or similar, and a variable, list, how ...
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2answers
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How do you programatically load data into symbols?
I am trying to convert a list of string names into symbols, which will then be used to store data. I have 24 files (where the name of each file is a member of the list mentioned above) that I need to ...
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3answers
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How can I test properties of a symbol from the string name without the symbol completely evaluating
Suppose I have a few symbols, one of which has a value:
{abc1, abc2 = 5, abc3};
I can use Names to get the list of names, as ...
