Subject: get name of variable as string in function?
From: Edwin Woollett
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:31:32 -0800
On Feb. 2, 2012, Stavros Macrakis wrote:
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>I suggest you keep things simple and modular:
>
>/* The worker function */
>mprintx(name,val) := print(sconcat(" ",name," = "),val)$
>
>mprint('a,a)$
>[snip]
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How can I get nil to display as false and t to
display as true?
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(%i1) [a:false,b:true]$
(%i2) mprintx(name,val) := print(sconcat(" ",name," = "),val)$
(%i3) mprintx('a,a);
a = nil
(%o3) false
(%i4) mprintx('b,b);
b = t
(%o4) true
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Ted