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.
In Prime this does not seem achievable.
I must be missing something here!!!
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:
Werner Exinger wrote:
Wow, thats funny, indeed!
Funny or annoying?
I have tried modfying the vec function to include a IsNested trap function but it is not classed as a nested vector so it does not work
I think the agenda is to go backward with a lack of forward compatibility 
BTW, this topic of inconsistent handling of range variables and range values when passed as an argument to a function was discussed a long time ago. I can't find the old thread though.
Richard Jackson wrote:
I think the agenda is to go backward with a lack of forward compatibility
BTW, this topic of inconsistent handling of range variables and range values when passed as an argument to a function was discussed a long time ago. I can't find the old thread though.
Maybe this explanation (rather a statement that it is that way) of Tom Gutman? http://communities.ptc.com/message/128487#128487
That wasn't the one I was thinking of, but a good find. It would be later than that. As you know, there are several versions of this function kicking around, and the behavior of each with the numeric and symbolic processors is somewhat different. There was an entire thread about it somewhere. I have a feeling it might have been in the private "Power Users" group though, which would explain why I can't find it.
BTW, you are the lucky recipient of my 10,000th post
Edit: That's wierd! I was at 9,999 posts, and then I posted this and I'm at 10,001 posts. 
Richard Jackson wrote:
BTW, you are the lucky recipient of my 10,000th post
Edit: That's wierd! I was at 9,999 posts, and then I posted this and I'm at 10,001 posts.
10,000 posts is quite impressive.
It's a pity Dan has left - he might of given you a a badge. 
BTW, you are the lucky recipient of my 10,000th post
Congratulations!
I was searching for I while how you would know the number of the post, looking in the depths of the menues. Silly me! It was right in front of my eyes all the times, as you know. In your case I guess its not 10000 since 2010, as it says.
Werner Exinger wrote:
I was searching for I while how you would know the number of the post, looking in the depths of the menues. Silly me! It was right in front of my eyes all the times, as you know. In your case I guess its not 10000 since 2010, as it says.
I think not otherwise he would have a fair few more 'community points'.
BTW, you are the lucky recipient of my 10,000th post
Edit: That's wierd! I was at 9,999 posts, and then I posted this and I'm at 10,001 posts.
I have here 6 000th post
