On May 28, Robert Dodier wrote:
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Ted, the problem is that there is a variable in the stringproc package
(which you must have loaded, I guess) named "space".
Try write_data(<whatever>, 'space) (i.e. quote the variable).
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Thanks for the cure.
However, it seems to me that the stringproc
package is loaded as part of the core, since
when I use space with print, there is no
change to the items in the list functions.
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2011-05-28
(%i1) display2d:false$
(%i2) functions;
(%o2) []
(%i3) print(space);
(%o3) " "
(%i4) functions;
(%o4) []
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The help manual listing for 'space' seems
to infer it is a global string, since the
links are 'Global variables' plus
' Package stringproc'.
Ted