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<div><h1>vars(List) -- a sequence of variables</h1>
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<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>vars L</tt></div>
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<li><span>Function: <a href="_vars.html" title="variables">vars</a></span></li>
<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>L</tt>, <span>a <a href="___List.html">list</a></span>, , integer, or <a href="___Sequence.html">sequence</a> of integers</span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span><span>a <a href="___Sequence.html">sequence</a></span>, which consists of <a href="___Symbol.html">symbols</a> which can be used as indeterminates</span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div>The <a href="___Symbol.html">symbols</a> returned are single letters, or the letter <tt>x</tt> or <tt>X</tt> followed by some digits. There is no limit on the size or sign of the integers in <tt>L</tt>.<table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : vars{0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25}
o1 = {a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x,
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y, z}
o1 : List</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : vars(26..51)
o2 = (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X,
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Y, Z)
o2 : Sequence</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i3 : vars 52
o3 = x0
o3 : Symbol</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i4 : vars(-9..-1)
o4 = (X9, X8, X7, X6, X5, X4, X3, X2, X1)
o4 : Sequence</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i5 : vars(3 .. 9, 33 .. 35, 1000 .. 1002, -100 .. -98)
o5 = (d, e, f, g, h, i, j, H, I, J, x948, x949, x950, X100, X99, X98)
o5 : Sequence</pre>
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<div class="single"><h2>See also</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="_...html" title="a binary operator, used for sequences of consecutive items">..</a> -- a binary operator, used for sequences of consecutive items</span></li>
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