Questions on assigning and unassigning definitions to names that represent them, including issues raised by context and localization. Use tag [assignment] for issues relating to Set versus SetDelayed.
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Why doesn't DumpSave work for elements created within a local notebook context?
I recently noticed that when dealing with notebooks with local context, I cannot successfully DumpSave variables, or, rather, when I call ...
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Context “Unique to This Notebook” makes variables black even if they're not defined?
I'm trying to use this technique to keep variables separated between different notebooks. It seems to be working fine, except that variables turn black as soon as they are evaluated — any ideas why ...
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What's reliable way of finding declared but undefined functions/symbols in several interrelated packages?
I have many packages some of which use some of others. I have many symbols defined in them. Is there a reliable way of finding declared/exported but undefined functions/symbols in several ...
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Evaluating a function on permutations of its arguments
Say I have a function "temp" of $n+1$ variables, $y,z1,z2,z3,...,zn$. I want to test if my function has certain symmetries like swapping $y$ with square of any $z$, swapping any two of the zs, ...
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Using constraints in Solve[]
I'm not sure if the title fits.
I'm basically just looking for a way to define a value and constrain it to $[a,b]$ when I use Solve later.
More specifically, I ...
