defaults.py

"""
Defaults

AUTHORS: William Stein and David Kohel
"""

#*****************************************************************************
#       Copyright (C) 2004 William Stein <[email protected]>
#
#  Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL)
#
#    This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
#    General Public License for more details.
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#*****************************************************************************

# default variable name
var_name = 'x'



def variable_names(n, name=None):
    if name is None: 
        name = var_name
    n = int(n)
    if n == 1:
        return [name]
    return tuple(['%s%s'%(name,i) for i in range(n)])

def latex_variable_names(n, name=None):
    if name is None: 
        name = var_name
    n = int(n)
    if n == 1:
        return [name]
    v = tuple(['%s_{%s}'%(name,i) for i in range(n)])
    return v

def set_default_variable_name(name, separator=''):
    r"""
    Change the default variable name and separator.
    """
    global var_name, var_sep
    var_name = str(name)
    var_sep = str(separator)