I don't get the meaning of the sign <<>> and also from which line the error is coming as I have a program of more than 30 lines with many defined functions without using "Module" . Is not there any way to display line numbers in Mathematica so that we can know from which line error is coming?
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$\begingroup$ Mathematica is not so hot on lines and debuggging is not straightforward. Please add the offending code (or a minimal working example thereof) - without code there is no way to help you. $\endgroup$ – Yves Klett May 14 '14 at 16:02
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$\begingroup$ We need a minimal example to give a clear analysis of the problem, but the cause is likely to be very similar to this: (11982) $\endgroup$ – Mr.Wizard♦ May 14 '14 at 17:02
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$\begingroup$ I didn't write Quit[] at the end of the program. That is why for the first time when I run the program I got the result, but after some modification when I run the program, I got that error message. Thanks for the help. $\endgroup$ – user22180 May 14 '14 at 19:24
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<< ..>> is called a Skeleton. It is is used to show you an abbreviated version of the actual offending line. You can find it in Short and Shallow.
Short[(x + y)^30 // Expand]
You can see the skeleton right there in the middle.
The error message probably comes from an illegal construction like:
(a + b)[x_] := 2
SetDelayed::write: Tag Plus in (a+b)[x_] is Protected. >>
answered May 14 '14 at 16:50
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I think you used a function and then tried to manually set another value to it. for instance:
fun=3; fun[x_]:=Tan[x]; gives the following error
"SetDelayed::write: "Tag Integer in 3[x_] is Protected"
you are probably doing something very similar.
