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<div><h1>openMath -- Turn an arbitrary Macaulay2 object into OpenMath (if possible)</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>openMath x</tt></div>
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<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>x</tt></span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span>an XMLnode describing x</span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div>We show how to convert a random integer to OpenMath and print it as XML<table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : v = openMath 42
o1 = <OMI "42"
o1 : XMLnode</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : toLibxmlNode v
o2 = <OMI>42</OMI>
o2 : LibxmlNode</pre>
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We show how to represent 2*3 in OpenMath<table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i3 : v = openMath (hold 2*3)
o3 = <OMA
<OMS cd="arith1" name="times"
<OMI "2"
<OMI "3"
o3 : XMLnode</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i4 : toLibxmlNode v
o4 = <OMA>
<OMS cd="arith1" name="times"/>
<OMI>2</OMI>
<OMI>3</OMI>
</OMA>
o4 : LibxmlNode</pre>
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<div class="single"><h2>See also</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="_val.html" title="Evaluate an XMLnode containing OpenMath">val(XMLnode)</a> -- Evaluate an XMLnode containing OpenMath</span></li>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>Ways to use <tt>openMath</tt> :</h2>
<ul><li>openMath(Thing)</li>
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