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<div><h1>baseName -- the base name of a generator</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><tt>baseName x</tt> -- returns the variable or symbol upon which an indexed variable table or a generator of a monoid or polynomial ring is based.<table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : R = QQ[x_1 .. x_4,y]
o1 = R
o1 : PolynomialRing</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : y
o2 = y
o2 : R</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i3 : baseName y
o3 = y
o3 : Symbol</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i4 : x_1
o4 = x
1
o4 : R</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i5 : baseName x_1
o5 = x
1
o5 : IndexedVariable</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i6 : x
o6 = x
o6 : IndexedVariableTable</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i7 : baseName x
o7 = x
o7 : Symbol</pre>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>Ways to use <tt>baseName</tt> :</h2>
<ul><li>baseName(Holder)</li>
<li>baseName(IndexedVariable)</li>
<li>baseName(IndexedVariableTable)</li>
<li>baseName(RingElement)</li>
<li>baseName(Subscript)</li>
<li>baseName(Symbol)</li>
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