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Print Mathematica expressions without evaluating them & use that for a handy debug print statement to print internal variables together with their names.
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debugPrint::usage="Arg 1 (bool): If False, do nothing. If True and Arg 2 is \ | |
a string, then the string is simply printed. If True and Arg 2 is not a string, then \ | |
first the unevaluated expression is printed, followed by the evaluated expression. \ | |
Additionally given rules influence the styling of the output. | |
Arg 3 (bool): Strip suffixes like $1234 (signalling internal variables)"; | |
unevaluatedExpression::usage="Print the argument without any kind of evaluation in \ | |
the same way it is given here as an argument | |
Arg 2(bool): Strip suffixes like $1234 (signalling internal variables)"; | |
Begin["`Private`"]; | |
SetAttributes[unevaluatedExpression,HoldFirst]; | |
unevaluatedExpression[expr_,removeDollars_:True]:= | |
Module[{ff}, | |
ff=Evaluate[MakeBoxes@expr]; | |
If[ | |
removeDollars, | |
Return@DisplayForm@ToExpression@StringReplace[ToString@FullForm@ff,RegularExpression["\\$\\w+"]->""], | |
Return@DisplayForm@ff | |
]; | |
]; | |
SetAttributes[debugPrint,HoldAll]; | |
SetAttributes[debugPrint,HoldAll]; | |
debugPrint[debug_,expr_,removeDollars_:True,style:OptionsPattern[]]:= | |
Module[{symbolName}, | |
If[ | |
Evaluate@debug===True, | |
Null, | |
Return[] | |
]; | |
If[ | |
StringQ@expr, | |
(*then*) | |
Print@Style[expr,style,FontColor->Purple]; | |
Return[]; | |
]; | |
Print[ | |
Style[unevaluatedExpression[expr,removeDollars],style,Bold,FontColor->Purple], | |
Style[": ",style,FontColor->Purple], | |
Style[ReleaseHold@expr,style,FontColor->Purple] | |
] | |
]; | |
End[]; |
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a few lines on how to use this can be found here: http://www.lieret.net/2018/01/03/mathematica-unevaluated/