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Can someone explain why this notebook [RANGEWORKING.nb]

Notebook[{
  Cell[
    BoxData[
      RowBox[{"Range", "[", RowBox[{"0", ",", "\n", "3"}], "]"}]     
    ],"Input"
  ]
}]

allows me execute the input cell in Mathematica Desktop while this notebook [RANGEBROKEN.nb]

Notebook[{
  Cell[
    BoxData[
      RowBox[{"Range[0,","\n","3]"}]
    ],"Input"
  ]
}]

does not allow me to execute the input cell in Mathematica Desktop? I am opening these notebooks in Version 10.

The reason I am asking this is because I encountered this issue when I downloaded a file created in the Wolfram Programming Cloud.

To create RANGEBROKEN.nb:

  1. Created a new file in the Wolfram Programming Cloud named RANGEBROKEN.nb
  2. Created a new cell by typing Range[0,
  3. Hit Enter
  4. Typed 3]
  5. Downloaded the notebook and stripped some unnecessary arguments to make a minimal example.

To create RANGEWORKING.nb:

  1. Created a new file in Mathematica Desktop named RANGEWORKING.nb
  2. Created a new cell by typing Range[0,
  3. Hit Enter
  4. Typed 3]
  5. Stripped some unnecessary arguments to make a minimal example.
  6. Replaced \[IndentingNewLine] with \n

You can see I went through the same process to create the content in the file in the cloud versus the desktop, but the cloud version is somehow "broken."

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  • $\begingroup$ This Notebook[{Cell[BoxData[RowBox[{"Range", "[", "0", ",", "\n", "3", "]"}]],"Input"]}] still gives a good result, but this: Notebook[{Cell[BoxData[RowBox[{"Range[", "0", ",", "\n", "3", "]"}]],"Input"]}] does not. The problem arises as soon as one includes the first bracket between the quotations. I do not understand, why though. $\endgroup$ Commented Feb 19, 2015 at 9:32

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This appears to be a reproducible bug. I submitted a ticket to Wolfram and I received a response that they will look in to it:

Hello -

Thank you for your email.

I have reproduced this problem with downloading files from the Wolfram Cloud and report the problem to our developers. This may allow them to fix the problem in the future.

Please let me know if you have any further questions.

Karl Isensee

Technical Support

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