MaplePrimes - answers and comments on Question, what object is created when I Insert Table?

exsprseq

hirnyk — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 19:22:32 Z

I tried to give the literal answer to your question, having inserted a Table by Menu/Insert and having asked its type. The result is seen on a screenshot whattype.doc and whattype.mw .

yes

pagan — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 01:40:23 Z

Yes, you are right. The inserted GUI Table is not available using programming commands.

The suggestion relating to whattype(%) is a false clue, I believe. Any new session (without use of a maple initialization file) does the same thing with or without a GUI Table's having been inserted. That is probably just because whattype(NULL) returns `expreseq` too. In the answer which mentioned this, the call to % doesn't connect to the inserted GUI Table which is a pure GUI thing and not a kernel/Library object.

yes but...

awass — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 19:35:06 Z

Thank you. It is good to know that it is an expression sequence.

Can I enetr or access entires by name or can I just type into the boxes. That is, is the Insert Table command just for formatting? Usually, if one has an expressseq z one can refer to z[3]. I don't see how to even name my table.

To Maple developers

hirnyk — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:54:41 Z

@awass Your question should be addressed rather to the Maple developers than to the Maple users. Some outputs are difficult to work with. By the way, I am not sure in my answer in view of whattype1.doc .

Thank you

awass — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 03:39:41 Z

for the clarification. It answers my question completely.