Questions tagged [named-characters]
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Why /. pm->\[PlusMinus] does not work, if \[PlusMinus] does not have internal meaning?
I want to replace pm with PlusMinus character in the output, why this does not work? How can I treat it as a constant?
Context. Here is my code for quaternion ...
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create string for string seen in FullForm
Can we create a string for a string seen in FullForm ?
This question is hard to explain/understand with just words.
So explain with an example :
Can you create a function ...
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How to type the cursor caret symbol?
I'm trying to describe in a notebook the way that the front end displays a caret where it is expecting input (e.g., in Sin[ ], where it appears, by default, between ...
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How to type special characters used in $\LaTeX$?
While using $\LaTeX$, there are two characters, \Re and \Im, that represent the real and imaginary parts of a complex number. These look like this:
How can I type these two characters in Mathematica?
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Equivalent for \hookrightarrow, ↪
Of course I can simply type the unicode ↪, but is there a operator with no built in meaning that renders like this?
The documentation guide/ArrowsAndArrowLikeForms presumably lists all arrows. If it ...
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How can I self-define a keyboard entry for 3-dot "Because"?
In Mathematica, there already exists a keyboard entry for 3-dot "Therefore", which provides great convenience for input as shown below.
However, I find it a little odd that for its ...
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Having special characters render as you type
It used to be that if I typed == or -> these would automatically be rendered as \[Equal] ...
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Cheatsheet for the use of special characters syntax
My favorite mass-use of special characters is if I have an expression that is linear in all variables (call the variable list $L$) and it must be identical zero. Then I generate my equation system ...
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How insert into Text cell chevron symbols used for Inline GroupOpener icons?
If in OptionInspector I select option "Inline" for Cell Options > Display Options > ShowGroupOpener for section-like cells, then when such a group is closed it shows an icon that is a ...
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Is the fancy script 'C' $\mathscr{C}$ available in Mathematica?
In mathjax \mathscr{C} gives me the character $\mathscr{C}$ that I want. There is a UTF listing for this character. https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+1D49E
If I copy form this webpage and paste ...
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Alternative for underscore delimiter
If I want to have a variable name that contains multiple numbers but where it is important that the numbers be separated I would usually use underscores (as in C, e.g. p_3_23), dashes or dots (for ...
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Non-breaking hyphen?
I found \[NonBreakingSpace] but I haven't found a non-breaking hyphen (I want to use them in text mode in notebooks). I must be missing something obvious.
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When to name a variable with $
There are some symbols in the Wolfram Language that start with $, including $Abort, ...
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CharacterRange oddity [closed]
CharacterRange documentation says that it returns a list. However, if I define
letters[n_] := CharacterRange["\[Alpha]", "\[CurlyPhi]"][[;; n]]
and then ask for <...
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A bug in converting some Unicode characters into FullForm?
Currently I know only one well-documented way to convert all special characters in an arbitrary string into their FullForm:
In ...
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What would be the special character for this mathematical notation?
What would be the special character for this mathematical notation?
And how do I enter the $H$ and $0$? What are the Special Characters?
I searched information about this bar in another site to get ...
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Possible bug in Export with CharacterEncoding -> "PrintableASCII"
In the Documentation we read (emphasis is mine):
By default, the Wolfram System uses the character encoding "PrintableASCII" when saving notebooks and packages. ...
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Re-encode text file to use Mathematica's character name, like \[Alpha]
How can I re-encode a text file (or string) so that non-ASCII characters will be represented using Mathematica's standard names?
For example, if the original contents of the file was
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How to make tabs aligned in Print?
For example,
Print["1\t55
33\t44"]
outputs
Why tab is not aligned? If tab is not aligned, why is it called tab? Is there a way to make tabs aligned?
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Inverse of CharacterName [duplicate]
Is there an inverse function to CharacterName? For example, CharacterName["ε"] gives ...
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What's purpose of function System`Private`LookupCodeByName and System`Private`LookupNameByCode [closed]
These are useful function from their name.And they are kernel function since:
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Why can't variables be set to named characters [closed]
Why can't variables be Set to named characters as shortcuts? eg
a = \[UpArrow]
Gives syntax error:
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Character to replace _ in symbol names?
In C, _ comes in handy when naming variables and functions, as a replacement for space. For example:
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Entering NULL characters in a string
Bug fixed in 12.3 or earlier
This question is about parsing files that contain nulls (character code zero) as field separators.
Intending to attempt to answer this I began by trying to enter a string ...
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Importing Text file with Null Character column separation
I have a text file (ANSI encoding) with two columns of real numbers separated, unfortunately, by a "Null Character" ("\.00").
How can I import this data easily?
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How can we accommodate arbitrary Unicode characters in symbol names?
I understand why Mathematica doesn't the support the [ character in symbol names, but it should be escapable in some way, like non-printable characters are in ...
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create a function that converts a character string consisting of lowercase letters of the english alphabet to a number
I need a function that will take input as a string of lowercase letters and then output integers in this form
a=01
b=02
c=03
d=04
e=05
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z=27
The letters must correspond with these integers ...
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How to add named characters to Mathematica 10 or later?
Any news regarding this for Mathematica 12?
It appears that native support for the Klingon alphabet has been removed from version 10:
\[KlingonA]
Syntax::...
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How to generate characters by a function which works like the Esc + a + ESC
How to generate characters by a function which works like the Esc + a + ESC
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Embedding Mathematica Console into a Java/.NET Application [duplicate]
I enjoy using Mathematica's notebook interfaces, but more specifically the autocompletion in each notebook.
I'm in need of a way to put tons of Mathematica windows on the same page.
It would be an ...
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Are formal characters like \[FormalA] to be used differently than other symbols?
I noticed that Mathematica has a set of special 'Formal' characters such as \[FormalA], \[FormalB] , etc.. In the front end, it ...
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What are \[InvisiblePrefixScriptBase] and \[InvisiblePostfixScriptBase]?
In the non-printing characters documentation, I see two named characters that are largely undocumented: \[InvisiblePrefixScriptBase] and ...
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How do I construct a "named character" programmatically?
Why am I getting the error
Syntax::sntunc: Unicode longname in the string is unterminated.
from the following?
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How to "Copy as Unicode" from a Notebook?
I spent some time manually editing a post replacing Mathematica ASCII \[Alpha] with Unicode α. I did this by laboriously ...
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