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MikeArmstrong1-Visitor
1-Visitor
Jun 19, 2014 6:25 AM UTC
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Mathcad Prime Issue

I have just brought a user defined function 'vec' into Prime which takes a single argument and converts to a vector i.e. a range variable. However, I am having an issue typing a range inside pre-definedbrackets.

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In Prime this does not seem achievable.

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I must be missing something here!!!

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ValeryOchkov24-Ruby IV
24-Ruby IV
Jun 19, 2014 6:56 AM UTC

And the second in Prime:

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MikeArmstrong1-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
Jun 19, 2014 6:58 AM UTC

Returning vector a individual nested elements??.

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Werner_E
Werner_E25-Diamond I
25-Diamond I
Jun 19, 2014 10:34 AM UTC

This sure is kind of a sever bug in Prime which you should report!

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MikeArmstrong1-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
Jun 19, 2014 10:54 AM UTC

I will. Valery shown a range can be defined and then passed to the function, but again, this is only a workaround.

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Werner_E
Werner_E25-Diamond I
25-Diamond I
Jun 19, 2014 11:09 AM UTC

There is more than just 1 issue!

Not being able to enter a range inside a pair of function arguments parentheses is just one and the minor one I guess. I also quite often happens that Prime will refuse to paste a copied expression (like a cpmplicated function name) at some place, while it will at least allow to retype it there - thats quite annoying and gives the impression of a rather ill-conceived program.

The more severe bug is the different behaviour whether an expression is evaluated on its own or if it is assigned a variable. This is truly very bad! Valery shows this in his second post but it can be also duplicated with the routine in his first file:

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MikeArmstrong1-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
Jun 19, 2014 10:59 AM UTC

Does anyone know the method of reporting bugs?

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Werner_E
Werner_E25-Diamond I
25-Diamond I
Jun 19, 2014 11:20 AM UTC

Mike Armstrong wrote:

Does anyone know the method of reporting bugs?

You will have to pay (maintanance) for the privilege to do so - crazy enough and tells a lot about PTC's view.

Only way I know of is to use the case logger from the PTC eSupport portal

https://www.ptc.com/apps/case_logger_viewer/auth/ssl/log

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MikeArmstrong1-VisitorAuthor
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Jun 19, 2014 11:49 AM UTC

Werner Exinger wrote:

Mike Armstrong wrote:

Does anyone know the method of reporting bugs?

You will have to pay (maintanance) for the privilege to do so - crazy enough and tells a lot about PTC's view.

Well my company no longer has maintenance - I will have to wait until the next beta testing and try and report it then.

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