On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 7:54 AM, Jacare Omoplata
<walkeystal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In some tutorials, when a variable is declared, it is done like,
>
> var('x')
>
> In some others, it is done like,
>
> x = var('x')
>
> What is the difference between the two, if any?
If you are writing code to include in .py files, then x=var('x') will
work, but var('x') will totally fail.
For purely interactive use in the notebook or command line, var('x')
is fine. But for writing programs, you should always use
x = var('x')
-- William
>
> Also, is it better to ask this kind of basic question in the Asksage
> forum or the sage-support mailing list?
>
> Thanks for your patience.
>
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