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Syntax error with power function

asked 2016-09-08 20:03:31 +0100

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Hello, I'm running sage on virtual box and changed the keyboard layout to german. It works well, except the ^-function leads to a syntax error. Sage recognizes the power by setting the power number high. Can you help me? Best regard, Henning

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How do you use Sage? Command line? Sage Notebook? What's your browser, editor?

ndomes gravatar imagendomes ( 2016-09-08 20:26:13 +0100 )edit

Does it work if you set the keyboard back to english ?

tmonteil gravatar imagetmonteil ( 2016-09-09 14:22:57 +0100 )edit

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answered 2016-09-09 23:18:15 +0100

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I think you mean that when you type x^2 you obtain , as if the circumflex ^ "eats" the 2 and turns it into a "superscript two", and then when you evaluate that with Sage you get a SyntaxError.

To avoid that, type a space after typing ^, as if you were typing x^ 2.

So you would be typing x followed by ^ followed by a space followed by 2.

Then you will get x^2.

Similarly, using a French keyboard, to get x^a we have to add in a space and type x^ a, otherwise we get .

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Very interesting; that would be worth adding to the wiki about the virtualbox.

kcrisman gravatar imagekcrisman ( 2016-09-11 03:46:06 +0100 )edit

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