WITH_STDOUT/list



Hi Vijayendra,

> $ fle : "C:/myfiles/fle.txt"
> $ with_stdout(fle, fortran(expression))
> 
> The file does not land where it should have. Instead, the file is found in
> maxima directory as "$fle".
> 
> On the other hand if I do:
> 
> $ with_stdout("C:/myfiles/fle.txt", fortran(expression))
> it places the file "fle.txt" correctly in "myfiles" directory.

with_stdout quotes (does not evaluate) its first argument.
To cause the variable to be evaluated, try quote-quote (two single
quotes) like this:

  with_stdout (''fle, fortran (expression));

hth,
Robert Dodier