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<div><h1>ofClass -- English phrases for types</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>ofClass T</tt></div>
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<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>T</tt>, <span>a <a href="___Type.html">type</a></span>, <span>an <a href="___Immutable__Type.html">immutable type</a></span>, or <span>a <a href="___List.html">list</a></span> of types</span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span><span>a <a href="___Sequence.html">sequence</a></span>, an English phrase in hypertext, using a synonym for each type, together with appropriate indefinite articles, and, if a list is presented, the word <em>or</em> as a conjunction at the end</span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><p>When viewed in html, words in the phrase hot link(s) to the documentation node(s) for the class(es).</p>
<table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : ofClass class 3
o1 = an integer
o1 : SPAN</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : peek oo
o2 = SPAN{"an ", TO2{Macaulay2Doc :: ZZ, "integer"}}</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i3 : ofClass Ring
o3 = a ring
o3 : SPAN</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i4 : needsPackage "Text"
o4 = Text
o4 : Package</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i5 : SPAN ofClass {HashTable, ProjectiveVariety}
o5 = a hash table or a projective variety
o5 : SPAN</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i6 : document { Key => foo, "We may need ", ofClass ZZ, " and ", ofClass HashTable, "." }</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i7 : help foo
--loading the Macaulay2 documentation from /builddir/build/BUILD/Macaulay2-1.3.1-r10737/Macaulay2/packages/Macaulay2Doc/
o7 = foo
***
Description
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We may need an integer and a hash table.
For the programmer
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The object "foo" is a symbol.
o7 : DIV</pre>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>Ways to use <tt>ofClass</tt> :</h2>
<ul><li>ofClass(ImmutableType)</li>
<li>ofClass(List)</li>
<li>ofClass(Type)</li>
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