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Storing and recalling CAS quoted expressions
10-21-2018, 01:29 PM
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Storing and recalling CAS quoted expressions
In the CAS, if I do
Code:
a:='2+2'

does a now store 4 or '2+2'? Is there a way of telling? If the latter, is there a way of recalling the original '2+2' rather than 4?
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10-21-2018, 01:33 PM
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RE: Storing and recalling CAS quoted expressions
(10-21-2018 01:29 PM)BruceH Wrote:  In the CAS, if I do
Code:
a:='2+2'

does a now store 4 or '2+2'? Is there a way of telling? If the latter, is there a way of recalling the original '2+2' rather than 4?

Hi,

I'm not sure but it seems that:
1 - a:='2+2' stores 4
2 - a:="2+2" stores the string 2+2
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10-21-2018, 01:49 PM
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RE: Storing and recalling CAS quoted expressions
I believe any simple evaluations such as basic math will be evaluated by the store operator. Anything more complex will not.

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10-21-2018, 06:02 PM
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RE: Storing and recalling CAS quoted expressions
You can control evaluation with the second optional argument of eval.
For example a:='2+2' followed by eval(a,1) will return 2+2, assuming that auto-simplification level is 0.
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10-23-2018, 10:40 PM
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RE: Storing and recalling CAS quoted expressions
Thanks Bernard.
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