Re: PARI

["Justin C. Walker" <justin@mac.com>]

On Nov 26, 2006, at 13:37 , Tom Gettys wrote:

> Thank you very much for your response Bill.  So, just to be clear,  
> there is
> no way to compose a multiline script within PARI, and no way to  
> modify one
> that I read in from a file, correct?  Also, I presume that after  
> file is
> read using the \r command PARI starts to execute the script  
> immediately
> (that is, there is no GO or RUN command).

A) Multiline scripts can be constructed within a gp session:
   SillyFunc(n)={
       print(n);
       return(5*n);
   }

defines a function that you can use later in your session.

B) if you have built with GNU readline support, then you can modify  
the script within the gp session: just "^P" to get back to the  
function definition (which may appear on one extended line).

Your best bet in all cases, though, is as Bill suggests: use an  
external editor and "\r".

C) If your script is a sequence of executable statements, yes, they  
will all be executed when read.  I think in general, they way most of  
us work, for even the simplest scripts, is to use functions, so they  
just become defined, without themselves being executed.

Justin

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