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<div><h1>showUserStructure -- show parent structure for those types defined by user</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>showUserStructure</tt></div>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span>a display of the parent structure of the types defined by the user and assigned to global variables</span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><p>Each type is displayed to the right of its parent.</p>
<p>A type is an instance of the class <a href="___Type.html" title="the class of all types">Type</a>.</p>
<table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : R = QQ[x,y]
o1 = R
o1 : PolynomialRing</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : X = new Type of List
o2 = X
o2 : Type</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i3 : Y = new Type of X
o3 = Y
o3 : Type</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i4 : Z = new Type of X
o4 = Z
o4 : Type</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i5 : showUserStructure
o5 = Thing : BasicList : RingElement : R
VisibleList : List : X : Y
Z
o5 : Descent</pre>
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<div class="single"><h2>See also</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="_show__Structure.html" title="display parent structure">showStructure</a> -- display parent structure</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_parent.html" title="parent type of an object">parent</a> -- parent type of an object</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_ancestors.html" title="the ancestors of something">ancestors</a> -- the ancestors of something</span></li>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>For the programmer</h2>
<p>The object <a href="_show__User__Structure.html" title="show parent structure for those types defined by user">showUserStructure</a> is <span>a <a href="___Command.html">command</a></span>.</p>
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