[seqfan] Re: Four Tildes -- an issue

[Alonso Del Arte]

As a temporary kludge:

myFunction[n_] := Plus@@someOtherFunction[Range[n]]; Table[myFunction[n],
{n, 100}] (* ~~~~

Save Changes and then add the closing *)

Al

On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Charles Greathouse <
charles.greathouse at case.edu> wrote:

> > a formatting issue that arises: if the four tildes don't
> > end the line, it appears that they aren't recognized by the server and
> > are not transformed into name and date.  On the other hand, if they are
> > the last characters on the line, it appears to be impossible to surround
> > the name and date entry with brackets or other formatting.
>
> I agree that this would be convenient. Languages like Perl or GP which
> allow line comments should use them, but it would be nice to allow
> languages like Mathematica which have only (AFAIK) block comments to
> auto-sign, too.  When I author Mathematica programs I type my
> signature manually, which is fine but probably more susceptible to
> mistakes (misremembering the date, typos) and takes a bit longer.
>
> Charles Greathouse
> Analyst/Programmer
> Case Western Reserve University
>
> On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 6:33 AM, Harvey P. Dale <hpd1 at nyu.edu> wrote:
> >            Thanks to those who explained how to use four tildes (~~~~)
> > to enter name and date.  I've been complying with that protocol.  There
> > is, however, a formatting issue that arises: if the four tildes don't
> > end the line, it appears that they aren't recognized by the server and
> > are not transformed into name and date.  On the other hand, if they are
> > the last characters on the line, it appears to be impossible to surround
> > the name and date entry with brackets or other formatting.
> >
> >
> >
> >            I think it is desired (and desirable) for name and date in
> > Mma program fields to be surrounded by "(*" and "*)" but the four tildes
> > don't seem to permit that easily.  In certain other fields, it is
> > desired (and desirable) for name and date to be surrounded by square
> > brackets.  Of course, re-editing the sequence would allow one to do
> > these things manually, but that's a bit tedious.  I wonder whether the
> > proper formatting for each particular field could be supplied by the
> > server (i.e., by Russ's programming)?
> >
> >
> >
> >            Best,
> >
> >
> >
> >            Harvey
> >
> >
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