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From: dave@bgtys6.uucp (Dave Hubert)
Subject: progamming question
Message-ID: <1991Apr10.191353.18942@bigsur.uucp>
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Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 91 19:13:53 GMT

Does anyone know how to force symbolic notation on a numerical value?
	ie. 1: '5'
The idea being that I can build a numerical equation from this number...
	ie. 1: '\v/5'         @ square root of 5.

I would not mind doing '\v/a' and then substitute the value of a, but
I don't know of a way to do this.
	Maybe MATCH?? ....Never used it before, and there's gotta be a 
	simpler solution.

All suggestions are appreciated.  I hope this isn't a dumb question...
I hate asking dumb things...On the other hand, maybe there's a stupid
solution...

Thanks in advance,
-Dave.