The idiom
''c10
re-executes line c10 as though it had just been
typed in again (presumably with different global
variable settings.) This is useful.
That is apostrophe, apostrophe, c, 1, 0.
RJF
James Frye wrote:
> Just to kick in my two cents worth, to me, a new user, the whole idea of
> assigning a result to a prompt seems rather strange. Is it really all
> that useful? After all, if you want to assign a result or an input to
> a variable for later use, you can (I think, anyway), but most of the lines
> entered would probably not need to be recalled by name. Seems like any
> convenience would be outweighed by the potential for confusion, as in Cn
> being common usage for constants.
>
> Not to mention that it's completely useless when you work as I have been,
> editing the Maxima source in a file, and then batching it.
>
> James
>
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