net -- format for printing, as a net

Synopsis

Usage:

net o
Inputs:
- x, a thing,
Outputs:
- a net, obtained by formatting o for printing

Description

This function is the primary function called upon by << to format expressions for printing. The default method provided by the system is to convert o to an Expression with expression and then to convert that to a Net.

A new method for formatting expressions of type T may be installed as follows:


net T := x -> ...

The function provided by the user should return a Net or a String.

There are various such methods for formatting, but we don't document them separately.

Ways to use net :

net(Thing)
net(String) -- convert a string to a net

For the programmer

The object net is a method function with a single argument.

net -- format for printing, as a net

Synopsis

Description

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Ways to use net :

For the programmer