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From: John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Babel language support for Mathematica
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To: Richard Stanton <stanton@haas.berkeley.edu>
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I wonder if this is an output vs value issue on the return of the
block. If you set :results output does anything change? or, is there a
way to specify a return value? or specifically print something?

Richard Stanton writes:

> I recently saw this posting about org support for Mathematica. Thanks for writing this!
>
> Unfortunately, while I can get it to work for simple things (e.g., 2+3), even slightly more complex things don't seem to work. For example, suppose I'd like to define a function f(x) = x + 3, and then calculate f(5). In a MMA notebook, if I type
>
> f[x_] := x+3
> f[5]
>
> I get the answer 8. If I try the same code in an org-mode code block, here's what happens:
>
> #+BEGIN_SRC mathematica
> f[x_] := x+3
> f[5]
> #+END_SRC
>
> #+RESULTS:
> : Null
>
> Am I missing something obvious here?
>
> Thanks very much.
>
> Richard Stanton

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