On 6/16/2011 9:49 AM, Leo Butler wrote:
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> carolus<worwor at bellsouth.net> writes:
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>> Is there a function that returns the type of a maxima object?
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> properties(foo)
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> lists the properties of the symbol foo. For example:
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> foo(x,y):=x^^y;
> foo:a+5;
> foo[x,y] := x^y;
> properties(foo);
> [value, array function, hashed array, function]
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> featurep may also be helpful.
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Thanks. By the way, I see now that my idea of using fortran idiom with
maxima was futile. Even numerical applications like plotting,
quadrature, optimization, and differential equations require lists as
input and output.